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Don`t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
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Physical vs. Spiritual Purity
Commentators unanimously highlight Jesus's core teaching: true defilement is spiritual, not physical. What a person eats simply passes through the body and cannot pollute the soul. External rituals, like the ceremonial handwashing practiced by the Pharisees, are superficial and cannot cleanse the inner person.
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Matthew
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Do not you yet understand, etc. The meaning of this may be expressed as follows: The food which is eaten does not affect the mind…
Perceive ye not? (ου νοειτε). Christ expects us to make use of our νους, intellect, not for pride, but for insight. The mind does …
19th Century
Anglican
Is cast out into the draught — The word is used in its old English sense, equivalent to a drain or sewer (see [Reference 2 Kings 1…
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Baptist
Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught – But those things which …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Do not you understand You must understand, you cannot be so ignorant,
that whatsoever enters in a…
Christ shows that the defilement they should fear was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which sho…
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13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord showed the power of His teaching under figures; now He shows its sufficiency. This is shown in two ways. Firstly, He shows that He …
