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Mark 7:19–20

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Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
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From verse 19

  1. Matthew 15:17Rank 1 from verse 19
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    17Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

  2. 1 Corinthians 6:13Rank 2 from verse 19
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    13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.

  3. Acts 10:15Rank 3 from verse 19
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    15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

  4. Acts 11:9Rank 4 from verse 19
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    9But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

  5. Colossians 2:16Rank 5 from verse 19
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    16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

From verse 20

  1. James 3:6Rank 1 from verse 20
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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

  2. James 1:14–15Rank 2 from verse 20
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    14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

    15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  3. James 4:1Rank 3 from verse 20
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    1FROM whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

  4. Mark 7:15Rank 4 from verse 20
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    15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

  5. Matthew 12:34–37Rank 5 from verse 20
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

    36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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Mark 7:19

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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draught

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1. A catch of fish drawn in by a net. 2. A drain, privy, or place for bodily waste.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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purging

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of purge, meaning to cleanse, clear, remove, separate, refine, or put away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Mark 7:20

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

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20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

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21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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