Mark 7:18

And He saith unto them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not know, that whatsoever from without entreth into a man cannot defile him?

1770 John Worsley NT

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 was come into the house, away from the multitude, his disciples asked Him concerning the meaning of the parable.

19because it entreth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all his food.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:11How is it then that ye do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, when I bid you to beware of the leaven of the pharisees and of the sadducees?

Luke 24:25And He said unto them, O people void of understanding 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 ye were not hitherto able to bear it, nor yet are ye even now 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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