Cross references

Mark 7:15

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

Mark 7:15 BSB
  1. a BYZ and TR include 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

Mark 7:15 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 4:23 (15 votes) and Leviticus 11:42–47 (9 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Leviticus 11 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does Mark 7:15 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  2. Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable. Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them. …

  3. Titus 1:159 votes

    To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

  4. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

  5. Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

  6. “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.) …

  7. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  8. They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

  9. Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

  10. “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

  11. Acts 10:284 votes

    He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

  12. “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” …

  13. ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’ But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’ …

Which verses point to Mark 7:15?

The 10 strongest of 18.