Mark 7:18

And he saith to them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever thing from without entereth into the man, it 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

17And when he had entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spoke not to you concerning bread, that ye 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 meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it , neither yet now are ye 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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