Mark 7:15

It is not that which is without the man, and which entereth into him, that can defile him: but that which proceedeth from him, that defileth a man.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 Jeshu called the whole multitude, and said to them, Hear me, all of you, and understand:

16He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34Brood of vipers! how can you speak good who are evil? For from the abundancies of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Mark 7:18He said to them, How dull are even you! Know you not, that nothing from without that entereth a man can defile him,

Acts 10:28And he said to them, You know that it is not lawful for a man a Jihudoya to attach to a foreign man who is not a son of his tribe. But me hath Aloha showed that I should not declare any man unclean or profane.

Acts 15:20but that we send to them, that they shall separate from the uncleanness of (idol) sacrifice, and from fornication, and from the strangled, and from blood.

1 Corinthians 10:25Whatsoever is sold in the shambles eat, without inquiry on account 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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