Mark 7:18

And 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?

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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 had gone into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

19because it entereth not into his heart, but into the stomach; and goeth out into the drain, which cleanseth all kinds of food.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, These are only the poor; They are foolish, because they know not the way of Jehovah, The law of their God.

Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand, that I spoke not to you of loaves? But [[I said]] Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Luke 24:25And he said to them, O dull of apprehension, and slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

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

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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