John Gill's Exposition on Mark 7:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Because it entereth not into his heart, etc..] Which is the seat and fountain of all moral pollution; and if that is not defiled, no other part can be; and that that is not defiled by eating and drinking, unless in case of intemperance, is clear; because food and drink do not go into it: but into the belly; it is taken in at the mouth, goes down the throat, and is received into the stomach, and from thence it passes through the bowels: and goeth into the draught; akh tyb, “the private house”, as the Jews call it, without going into the heart at all: s purging all meats; that which it leaves behind, is pure and nourishing; and whatever is gross and impure, is carried with it into the draught, so that nothing remains in the man that is defiling.

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