Primary Scripture
Mark 7:15 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.
Plain explanation
YAHUSHA is correcting man-made defilement traditions, not declaring every creature clean for food.
Common assumption
Nothing entering a man can defile him, so all food is clean.
Scripture-defined meaning
Mark 7:15 belongs to the handwashing and tradition dispute of Mark 7. It addresses defilement from the heart and food in that dispute; it must not be stretched into making unclean creatures clean.
Confirming witnesses
- Immediate explanation: Mark 7:2-9,20-23
The chapter identifies the controversy as handwashing tradition and then defines defilement as evil proceeding from the heart. - Lexical usage: Matthew 15:11,20
The parallel account explicitly concludes that eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man. - Prophetic purpose: Leviticus 11:46-47
Torah retains the separate category of creatures that may and may not be eaten. - Apostolic confirmation: Acts 10:14,28
Peter continues to recognize common and unclean categories and interprets his vision as concerning people.
Takeaway
Heart defilement does not cancel YAHUAH's definition of clean and unclean.
Context reflection
Where has a handwashing dispute been used to overturn YAHUAH's food boundaries?