Mark 7:15

There is nothing from outside of a man that can defile him by entering into him: but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile the man.

Revised King James New Testament

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 when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen to me, every one of you, and understand:

16[If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.]

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Mark 7:18And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive, that whatever enters into the man from without, it cannot defile him;

Acts 10:28And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to keep company, or visit one from another nation; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

Acts 15:20But that we write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from sexual immorality, and from things strangled, and from blood.

1 Corinthians 10:25Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, without asking questions for conscience sake:

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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