because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 7:19 in context
Mark 7:16–22
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
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When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
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because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”†
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He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
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For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
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covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
Source notes
Notes from World English Bible Updated
- NU ends Jesus’ direct quote and question after “latrine”, ending the verse with “Thus he declared all foods clean.
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