Acts 11:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

But I said, Not so, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.

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  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
  • Lev 10:10 : 10 that you may distinguish between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
  • Lev 11:47 : 47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.
  • Ezra 9:11-12 : 11 Which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, The land unto which you go to possess it is an unclean land with the filthiness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. 12 Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth forever, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.
  • Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

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  • Acts 10:11-17
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    11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

    12In which were all kinds of four-footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.

    13And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

    14But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.

    15And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, do not call common.

    16This was done three times: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.

    17Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen meant, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius had inquired for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

  • Acts 11:9-10
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    9But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, do not call common.

    10And this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

  • Acts 11:3-7
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    3Saying, You went in to uncircumcised men and ate with them.

    4But Peter explained the matter from the beginning and described it in order to them, saying,

    5I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

    6Upon which when I had fixed my eyes, I considered and saw four-footed animals of the earth, and wild beasts, and crawling creatures, and birds of the air.

    7And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; kill and eat.

  • Ezek 4:13-14
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    13And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.

    14Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted, for from my youth up till now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.

  • Acts 10:26-31
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    26But Peter lifted him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

    27And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many who had come together.

    28And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to keep company with or come to one of another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

    29Therefore I came without objection as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what reason you have sent for me?

    30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

    31And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God.

  • Rom 14:14
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    14I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

  • Matt 15:11
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    11Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

  • Mark 7:18-19
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    18And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

    19Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?

  • Lev 11:7-8
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    7And the swine, though it divides the hoof, and is cloven-footed, yet it does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

    8Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

  • Lev 11:47
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    47To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.

  • Acts 11:12-13
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    12And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. Moreover, these six brothers accompanied me, and we entered the man's house:

    13And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;

  • Deut 14:10
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    10And whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.

  • Acts 10:9
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    9On the next day, as they went on their journey and neared the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

  • Mark 7:15
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    15There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are what defile a man.

  • Acts 10:34
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    34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality:

  • Rom 14:20
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

  • Deut 14:8
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    8And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet does not chew the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat their flesh, nor touch their dead bodies.

  • Deut 26:14
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    14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I taken away any of it for any unclean use, nor given any of it for the dead: but I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that you have commanded me.

  • Matt 15:20
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    20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.

  • Job 6:7
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    7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful food.

  • Acts 10:4
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    4And when he looked at him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.

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

  • John 13:9
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    9Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

  • Matt 15:17
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    17Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste?

  • Lev 11:34
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    34Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

  • Acts 4:8
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    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

  • Acts 10:19-20
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    19While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek you.

    20Arise therefore, and go down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

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    6Then he came to Simon Peter, and Peter said to him, Lord, are you washing my feet?

  • Gen 7:8
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    8Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth,