Bible Cross References
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Mark 7:18-20
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"You are no more intelligent than the others," Jesus said to them. "Don't you understand? Nothing that goes into you from the outside can really make you unclean,
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because it does not go into your heart but into your stomach and then goes on out of the body." (In saying this, Jesus declared that all foods are fit to be eaten.)
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And he went on to say, "It is what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
Leviticus 11:42-47
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whether they crawl, or walk on four legs, or have many legs.
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Do not make yourselves unclean by eating any of these.
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I am the LORD your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.
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I am the LORD who brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.
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This, then, is the law about animals and birds, about everything that lives in the water, and everything that moves on the ground.
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You must be careful to distinguish between what is ritually clean and unclean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.
Acts 10:14-16
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But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually unclean or defiled."
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The voice spoke to him again, "Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean."
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This happened three times, and then the thing was taken back up into heaven.
Acts 10:28-16
Acts 11:8-10
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But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord! No ritually unclean or defiled food has ever entered my mouth.'
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The voice spoke again from heaven, 'Do not consider anything unclean that God has declared clean.'
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This happened three times, and finally the whole thing was drawn back up into heaven.
Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write a letter telling them not to eat any food that is ritually unclean because it has been offered to idols; to keep themselves from sexual immorality; and not to eat any animal that has been strangled, or any blood.
Acts 15:21
For the Law of Moses has been read for a very long time in the synagogues every Sabbath, and his words are preached in every town."
Romans 14:17
For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.
1 Corinthians 10:25
You are free to eat anything sold in the meat market, without asking any questions because of your conscience.
1 Timothy 4:3-5
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Such people teach that it is wrong to marry and to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten, after a prayer of thanks, by those who are believers and have come to know the truth.
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Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,
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because the word of God and the prayer make it acceptable to God.
Titus 1:15
Everything is pure to those who are themselves pure; but nothing is pure to those who are defiled and unbelieving, for their minds and consciences have been defiled.
Hebrews 9:10
since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them.
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Mark 7:20-23
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And he went on to say, "It is what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
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For from the inside, from your heart, come the evil ideas which lead you to do immoral things, to rob, kill,
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commit adultery, be greedy, and do all sorts of evil things; deceit, indecency, jealousy, slander, pride, and folly---
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all these evil things come from inside you and make you unclean."
Proverbs 4:23
Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
Matthew 12:34
You snakes---how can you say good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Matthew 15:16
Jesus said to them, "You are still no more intelligent than the others.