Acts 11:9

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The voice spoke from heaven a second time: ‘What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.’

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  • Acts 15:9 : 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
  • 1 Tim 4:5 : 5 It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.
  • Acts 10:15 : 15 Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'
  • Acts 10:28 : 28 He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'
  • Acts 10:34-35 : 34 Then Peter began to speak: 'Now I truly understand that God does not show favoritism, 35 but in every nation, the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.

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  • Acts 10:11-17
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    11He saw heaven opened, and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

    12In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

    13Then a voice said to him, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'

    14But Peter said, 'By no means, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.'

    15Again, the voice came to him a second time, saying, 'What God has made clean, you must not call common.'

    16This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven.

    17While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius had asked for Simon’s house and stood at the gate.

  • Acts 11:3-8
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    3saying, 'You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.'

    4But Peter began to explain it to them step by step, saying:

    5'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision: something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.

    6As I looked closely at it, I noticed four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

    7I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat.’

    8But I said, ‘Surely not, Lord! Nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

  • Acts 11:10-11
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    10This happened three times, and then the whole object was pulled up into heaven.

    11Just then, three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying.

  • Acts 10:27-31
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    27While talking with him, Peter went inside and found many people gathered.

    28He said to them, 'You know it is forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person common or unclean.'

    29That is why I came without objection when I was sent for. Now may I ask why you sent for me?

    30Cornelius replied, 'Four days ago at this very hour, I was fasting and praying in my house at three in the afternoon, and suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me.

    31He said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

  • Lev 11:47
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    47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.

  • Mark 7:18-19
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    18And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

  • Ezek 4:14
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    14Then I said, 'Ah, Lord God, I have never been defiled! From my youth until now, I have never eaten anything that died naturally or was torn by animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.'

  • Deut 14:10-11
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    10But anything in the waters that does not have fins and scales, you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.

    11You may eat any clean bird.

  • Lev 11:7-10
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    7And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, completely split, it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

    8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

    9Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that have fins and scales, whether in the seas or the rivers.

    10But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales, all the swarming creatures in the water, and all the living creatures in it, you are to regard as detestable.

  • Acts 10:19
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    19While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Behold, three men are looking for you.'

  • Rom 14:14
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    14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

  • Lev 11:34
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    34Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean, and any drink that could be drunk from such a pot will be unclean.

  • Acts 10:3-4
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    3One afternoon, about three o’clock, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying, 'Cornelius.'

    4Cornelius gazed at him in fear and asked, 'What is it, Lord?' The angel replied, 'Your prayers and your acts of charity have ascended as a memorial offering before God.'

  • Matt 15:11
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    11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

  • Acts 15:9
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    9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

  • 2 Cor 6:17
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    17Therefore, 'Come out from among them and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.'

  • Lev 11:12
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    12Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is detestable to you.

  • Lev 11:36
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    36But a spring or a cistern containing water will remain clean, though anyone who touches one of their carcasses will become unclean.

  • Acts 10:9
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    9The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.

  • Lev 11:43
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    43Do not make yourselves detestable by eating any swarming creature that moves along the ground. Do not defile yourselves with them, for you will become unclean through them.

  • Lev 22:6
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    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Deut 14:3
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    3You shall not eat any detestable thing.

  • Acts 11:13
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    13He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send men to Joppa and bring back Simon, who is called Peter.

  • Lev 11:26
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    26Every animal that has a divided hoof but does not chew the cud is unclean to you; whoever touches them will become unclean.

  • Lev 11:40
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    40Anyone who eats from its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 20:25
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    25You must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. Do not make yourselves detestable by any animal, bird, or anything that moves on the ground that I have set apart as unclean for you.

  • Lev 7:19
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    19Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned with fire. Only those who are clean may eat the meat.