Mark 7:24
And rising from thence he went into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon: and entering into a house, he would that no man should know it, and he could not be hid.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
Cross References
Genesis 10:15And Chanaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, the Hethite,
Genesis 49:13Zabulon shall dwell on the sea shore, and in the road of ships, reaching as far as Sidon.
Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 42:2He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
Ezekiel 28:21Son of man, set thy face against Sidon: and thou shalt prophesy of it,
Matthew 11:21Woe to thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.
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 →