Mark 7:15

Nothing that entereth into a man from without can defile him; but the things that come out of him are what defile a man.

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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 the multitude to him, he said to them, Hearken to me all of you, and understand.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34How can ye, evil as ye are, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Mark 7:18And he saith to them, Are ye too so without discernment? Do ye not understand that whatever thing from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?

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

Acts 15:20but that we should write to them by letter to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from that which hath been strangled, and from blood.

1 Corinthians 10:25Whatever is sold in the market that eat, without asking questions for the sake of conscience;

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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