⁸ But I said, ‘Not so, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has at any time entered my mouth.’

The Law of Love

¹⁴ I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus ^(A)that there is nothing unclean of itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise ^(A)your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

² Now ^[a]when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with ^(A)unwashed hands, ^[b]they found fault.

¹¹ which You commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land, with the ^(A)uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to another with their impurity. ¹² Now therefore, ^(B)do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and ^(C)never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and ^(D)leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’

^47 (A)to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

¹⁰ that you may ^(A)distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,