Mark 7:18

And he said to them: “So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute 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 had entered into the house, away from the crowd, his disciples questioned him about the parable.

19For it does not enter into his heart, but into the gut, and it exits into the sewer, purging all foods.”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4But I said: Perhaps these are the poor and the senseless, who are ignorant of the way of the Lord, of the judgment of their God.

Matthew 16:11Why do you not understand that it was not because of bread that I said to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?”

Luke 24:25And he said to them: “How foolish and reluctant in heart you are, to believe everything that has been spoken by the Prophets!

1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able. And indeed, even now, you are not able; for you are still carnal.

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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