Mark 7:19
What Defiles a Man
18“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, 19because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
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Berean Standard Bible
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
American Standard Version (1901)
because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said, making all meats clean.
Bible in Basic English
Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.
Free Bible Version
It doesn't go into your mind, but into your stomach, and then passes out of the body. So all foods are ceremonially ‘clean.’
Geneva Bible 1599
Because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught which is the purging of all meates?
King James (Authorized) Version
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
One Unity Resource Bible
because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?”
Translation for Translators
Instead of entering and ruining our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out of our bodies.” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people can eat any food without causing God to reject them.
Unlocked Literal Bible
because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?” With this statement Jesus declared all foods clean.
Noah Webster Bible
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food.
World English Bible
because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
Young's Literal Translation
because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'