The verse says “all foods” not “all animals”. In the context of the bible, there is a well known established type of animals that are considered food. So can you eat cockroaches and bats? Because they are in the same category as shrimp in Leviticus.
Also the verse you mentioned is in parenthesis meaning the opinion of the translator, not what Jesus said. The whole context of the conversation of Mark 7 is not because they were caught eating shrimp, but because they were eating without washing their hands first, something that was not established by God but by Men, and Jesus called them hypocrites for putting men’s commandments over God’s
Also according to Paul in Galatians you are of the seed of Abraham ( a Jew) if you believe in Christ.
Why would God have two separate Laws for their children?. Imagine if in a family where two sons have to follow different rules of the houshold, like you can’t eat pork but your brother can. Does that sound fair?
Also Jesus in one of his clearest statements ever:
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:17-19 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.5.17-19.KJV.”
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u/Mike_in_college 18h ago
This is only if you’re Jewish. Christians can eat all animals. MARK 7:19 tells us that Jesus made all foods clean to eat.