Mark 7:18

He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot 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 does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they do not know the way of the Lord, nor the law of their God.

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

Luke 24:25Then he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,

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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