Mark 7:15
There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
14And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all and understand.
16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:42Whatsoever goeth upon the breast on four feet, or hath many feet, or traileth on the earth, you shall not eat, because it is abominable.
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Mark 7:18And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man cannot defile him:
Acts 10:28And he said to them: you know how abominable it is for a man that is a Jew to keep company or to come unto one of another nation: but God hath shewed to me, to call no man common or unclean.
Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood.
1 Corinthians 10:25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, 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 →