Mark 7:18

And 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;

Revised King James 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

17And when he entered into the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.

19Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and is eliminated? Thus he declared all foods clean.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Luke 24:25Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

1 Corinthians 3:2I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, nor are you yet 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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