Mark 7:15

There is nothing without that, by entering into a man, can defile him. But those things which come out of the man, defile him.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14And he called the whole multitude to him, and said to them: Hear me, all of you, and understand.

16If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Mark 7:18And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?

Acts 10:28And he said to them: You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with one of another nation, or to go into his house. But God has showed me that I must not call any man common or unclean.

Acts 15:20but that we write to them to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from what is strangled, and from blood.

1 Corinthians 10:25Any thing that is sold in the market, eat, asking no questions on account of conscience:

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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