Mark 7:18

He said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into a person from the outside 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

17After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into a house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

19For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach; then it goes out into the latrine, thus purifying all foods.”

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11How could you not understand that I was not talking about bread when I told you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”

Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, how slow of heart you are to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not 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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