Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 7:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 7:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 7:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, what Jesus meant is that bad things from outside can't make a person bad; it's the bad words and actions from inside that can make someone bad. He's teaching that what we say and do is more important than what we eat or touch.

Mark 7:14: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

Contradiction with Leviticus 11:7-8

These verses outline dietary laws prohibiting the consumption of pork, which contradicts the perspective in Mark 7:14 that suggests that external things do not defile a person.

Leviticus 11:7-8: And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 14:3

This verse commands not to eat any abominable thing, contrasting with Mark 7:14 which implies that external consumption does not defile a person.

Deuteronomy 14:3: Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

Contradiction with Acts 10:14

Peter insists he has never eaten anything impure or unclean, reflecting Old Testament dietary laws, whereas Mark 7:14 suggests food does not defile.

Acts 10:14: But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

Though Paul expresses belief that no food is unclean, he acknowledges that some may consider it so, showing tension with the more definitive statement in Mark 7:14.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]
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