Mark 7:15

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him; but the things that come out of him, these are they that defile the man.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 again calling to him the multitude, he said to them: Hearken to me every one, and understand.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Mark 7:18And he says to them: Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever from without enters into the man can not defile him?

Acts 10:28And he said to them: Ye know that it is unlawful[10:28] for a Jew to keep company with, or come to, one of another nation; but God showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

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

1 Corinthians 10:25Whatever is sold in the market eat, asking no question for conscience sake';

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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