Mark 7:18

And 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?

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 had gone into the house, away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the dark saying.

19Because it does not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and goes out into the sink, cleansing all food.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11How is it that you do not understand, that I did not speak of bread when I commanded you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Luke 24:25And he said to them: O inconsiderate, and slow of heart to believe all things that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you were not then able to bear it; indeed, not even now are you 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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