Mark 7:18

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

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

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

17But when Jeshu had gone into the house (apart) from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning that parable.

19because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and is cast out in the purgation which all food purgeth?

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I spoke to you, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharishee and of the Zadukoyee?

Luke 24:25Then said Jeshu to them, O wanting in understanding, and hard of heart to believe all the things which the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:2I have sustained you with milk, and have not given you meat; for as yet you could not, nor can you now, (bear it).

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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