Mark 7:19

19 quia non introit in cor eius sed in ventrem et in secessum exit purgans omnes escas

Mark 7:19 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:19

Because it entereth not into his heart
Which is the seat and fountain of all moral pollution; and if that is not defiled, no other part can be; and that that is not defiled by eating and drinking, unless in case of intemperance, is clear; because food and drink do not go into it:

but into the belly;
it is taken in at the mouth, goes down the throat, and is received into the stomach, and from thence it passes through the bowels:

and goeth into the draught;
(aokh tyb) , "the private house", as the Jews call it, without going into the heart at all:

purging all meats;
that which it leaves behind, is pure and nourishing; and whatever is gross and impure, is carried with it into the draught, so that nothing remains in the man that is defiling.

Mark 7:19 In-Context

17 et cum introisset in domum a turba interrogabant eum discipuli eius parabolam

18 et ait illis sic et vos inprudentes estis non intellegitis quia omne extrinsecus introiens in hominem non potest eum communicare

19 quia non introit in cor eius sed in ventrem et in secessum exit purgans omnes escas

20 dicebat autem quoniam quae de homine exeunt illa communicant hominem

21 ab intus enim de corde hominum cogitationes malae procedunt adulteria fornicationes homicidia