Mark 7:15
There is nothing from outside of a person that can defile him when it enters into him. It is what comes out of the person that defiles him.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14He called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
16+ 7:16 The best ancient copies omit vs. 16. If any man has ears to hear, let him hear .
Cross References
Leviticus 11:42Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all four legs, or whatever has many feet—all the animals that creep on the ground, these you must not eat, for they are to be detested.
Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, since you are evil, how can you say good things? For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Mark 7:18Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,
Acts 10:28He said to them, “You yourselves know that it is not lawful for a Jewish man to associate with or to visit someone from another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man defiled or unclean.
Acts 15:20But we will write to them that they must keep away from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, and from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
1 Corinthians 10:25You may eat whatever is sold in the market, without questions 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 →