Matthew 15:17. Perceive ye not? The truth affirmed was one easy to be perceived by the spiritually minded

Into the draught ,i.e., ‘drain, sink, or privy.' The thought of the verse (especially when further explained by the words in Mark 7:19: ‘because it entereth not into his heart,') is that food affects the body not the heart, that the moral and spiritual state of man is not dependent on the food or drink he uses, much less on certain ceremonial observances in regard to these things. This verse indirectly opposes modern materialism.

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Old Testament