Matthew 15:17

15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? ¹ 

Matthew 15:20

15:20 These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.” ² 

Mark 7:19

7:19 For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” ³  (This means all foods are clean.) ⁴ 

Romans 14:17

14:17 For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

[15:17]  ¹ tn Or “into the latrine.”

[15:20]  ² tn Grk “but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”

[7:19]  ³ tn Or “into the latrine.”

[7:19]  ⁴ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.