Leviticus 11:8
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8 Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean for you.(A)
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Hebrews 9:10
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10 but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms, regulations for the body imposed until the time comes to set things right.(A)
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Colossians 2:16
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16 Therefore, do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food or[a] drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or Sabbaths.(A)
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- 2.16 Other ancient authorities read and
Hosea 9:3
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3 They shall not remain in the land of the Lord,
but Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
and in Assyria they shall eat unclean food.(A)
Isaiah 52:11
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11 Depart, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.(A)
Leviticus 5:2
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2 Or when any of you touch any unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean livestock or the carcass of an unclean swarming thing, and are unaware of it, you have become unclean and are guilty.(A)
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Colossians 2:21-23
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21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 All these regulations refer to things that perish with use; they are simply human commands and teachings.(A) 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-imposed piety, humility, and severe treatment of the body, but they are of no value in checking self-indulgence.[a]
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- 2.23 Or are of no value, serving only to indulge the flesh
Ephesians 5:11
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11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.(A)
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Ephesians 5:7
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7 Therefore do not be associated with them,
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2 Corinthians 6:17
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17 Therefore come out from them,
and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
then I will welcome you,(A)
1 Corinthians 8:8
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8 “Food will not bring us close to God.”[a] We are no worse off if we do not eat and no better off if we do.(A)
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- 8.8 The quotation may extend to the end of the verse
Romans 14:21
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21 it is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that makes your brother or sister stumble.[a](A)
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- 14.21 Other ancient authorities add or be upset or be weakened
Romans 14:14-17
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14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who considers it unclean.(A) 15 If your brother or sister is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not let what you eat cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let your good be slandered. 17 For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.(B)
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Acts 15:29
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29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled[a] and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”(A)
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- 15.29 Other ancient authorities lack and from what is strangled
Acts 10:28
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28 and he said to them, “You yourselves know that it is improper for a Jew to associate with or to visit an outsider, but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.(A)
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Acts 10:10-15
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10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while it was being prepared he fell into a trance.(A) 11 He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners.(B) 12 In it were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles and birds of the air. 13 Then he heard a voice saying, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat.” 14 But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is profane or unclean.”(C) 15 The voice said to him again, a second time, “What God has made clean, you must not call profane.”(D)
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Mark 7:18
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18 He said to them, “So, are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
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Mark 7:15
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15 there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.”[a]
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- 7.15 Other ancient authorities add 7.16: “If you have ears to hear, then hear”
Mark 7:2
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2 they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them.
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Matthew 15:20
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20 These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.”
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Matthew 15:11
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11 it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles.”(A)
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