Mark 7:18

And he said to them: Are ye likewise so undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

17And when Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.

19For it doth not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and is thrown into the digestive process, which carries off all that is eaten.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that it was not concerning bread that I spoke to you; but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them: O deficient in understanding, and slow of heart to believe all the things that the prophets uttered.

1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk, and did not give you solid food: for ye were not then able to receive it; and even now, ye are not able.

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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