Mark 7:15

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

Cross References (15)

  • Proverbs 4:23 (15)

    Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  • Leviticus 11:42–47 (9)

    Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for s

  • Titus 1:15 (9)

    To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and thei

  • Hebrews 13:9 (7)

    Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and n

  • Matthew 12:34 (7)

    You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Romans 14:17 (6)

    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  • Hebrews 9:10 (6)

    They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

  • Mark 7:18–23 (6)

    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

  • 1 Corinthians 10:25 (5)

    Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

  • Matthew 15:16 (4)

    “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

  • Acts 10:28 (4)

    He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me

  • 1 Timothy 4:3–5 (4)

    They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiv

  • Acts 15:20–21 (3)

    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of

  • Acts 10:14–16 (3)

    “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

  • Acts 11:8–10 (3)

    ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’