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Mark 7:19

Purity

17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

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

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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BSB
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
KJV
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
WEB
because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”
ASV
because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.
DARBY
because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
BLB
because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the sewer?”—[thus] purifying all the foods.
ÅB
Det kommer jo ikke inn i hans hjerte, mere bare i hans buk, og går ut den naturlige vei, hvorved all mat blir renset.
OTB
fordi det ikke går inn i deres hjerte men i deres mage, og så blir det utstøtt?” (Ved å si dette erklærte Jesus all mat for ren.)
B1930
Det kommer jo ikke inn i hans hjerte, mere bare i hans buk, og går ut den naturlige vei, hvorved all mat blir renset.

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