Acts 11:8

World English Bible (2000)

But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'

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  • Rom 14:14 : 14 I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
  • 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
  • Lev 10:10 : 10 and that you are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;
  • Lev 11:47 : 47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"
  • Ezra 9:11-12 : 11 which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, 'The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness. 12 Now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.'
  • Hos 9:3 : 3 They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
  • Mark 7:2 : 2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

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    11He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

    12in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.

    13A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat!"

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

    15A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean."

    16This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.

    17Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,

  • Acts 11:9-10
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    9But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, 'What God has cleansed, don't you call unclean.'

    10This 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 began, and explained to them in order, saying,

    5"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

    6When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

    7I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'

  • Ezek 4:13-14
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    13Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.

    14Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

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    26But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself am also a man."

    27As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.

    28He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.

    29Therefore also I came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?"

    30Cornelius 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 gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

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    14I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

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    11That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

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    18He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

    19because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?"

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    7The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.

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    47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"

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    12The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.

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    10and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

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    9Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

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    34Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;

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    8The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

  • Deut 26:14
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    14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I put away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for the dead: I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

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    20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."

  • Job 6:7
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    7My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.

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    4He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.

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    3You shall not eat any abominable thing.

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    9Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"

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    6Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"

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    8Clean animals, animals that are not clean, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground