Mark 7:18

He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t 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

17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

19because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?”

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the LORD’s way, nor the law of their God.

Matthew 16:11How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Luke 24:25He said to them, “Foolish people, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you weren’t yet ready. Indeed, you aren’t ready 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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