Mark 7:18

And he says to them, Are also ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him,

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In The King James Version

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

In Context

17And when he entered into a house from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.

19because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the toilet (making all foods clean)?

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of LORD, nor the law of their God.

Matthew 16:11How do ye not understand that I spoke to you not about bread, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

Luke 24:25And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke.

1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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