Mark 7:18

And 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?

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

19Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, cleansing all food.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand, that I spoke not to you of bread? But, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!

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

1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you with milk, and not with meat; for ye were not yet able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye 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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