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Mark 7:19 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verse 19
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?Mark 7:19 · King James Version
Mark 7:19 in context
17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
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?
20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enteretheisporeuomaito go into, enter, of persons, of things, to be carried into or put into, as food into a…G1531 →
- draughtaphedrōna place where the human waste discharges are dumped, a privy, sink, toiletG856 →
- purgingkatharizōto make clean, cleanse, from physical stains and dirt, utensils, food, a leper, to…G2511 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- bellykoiliathe whole belly, the entire cavity, the upper [i.e. stomach] and the lower belly are…G2836 →
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One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23