Mark 7:18

"Are even you without understanding?" he said. "Do you not perceive that nothing whatever from without can defile a man by entering him,

Montgomery New Testament

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 he had left the crowd and gone indoors his disciples began asking him about the parable.

19because it does not go into his heart, but into his belly, and passes away, ejected from him?" By these words he pronounced all foods clean.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11"How is it that you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware off the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

Luke 24:25"O foolish men," said Jesus, "slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you milk, not meat; for you were unable to 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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