Mark 7:18

And he said to them, Ye be unwise also. Understand ye not, that all thing withoutforth that entereth into a man, may not defoul him? (or Do ye not understand, that everything from outside that entereth into a man, cannot defile him?)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 entered into an house, from the people, his disciples asked him (about) the parable.

19for it hath not entered into his heart, but into the womb, and beneath it goeth out, purging all meats (or cleaning out all the food).

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Cross References

Jeremiah 5:4Forsooth I said, In hap they be poor men, and fools, that know not the way of the Lord, and the doom of their God. (And I said, Perhaps they be the poor, and the foolish, and they do not know the way of the Lord, and the judgement, or the justice, of their God.)

Matthew 16:11Why understand ye not, for I said not to you of bread, Be ye ware of the sourdough of (the) Pharisees and of (the) Sadducees? (Why do ye not understand, that I did not speak to you about bread when I said, Beware of the yeast, or the leaven, of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?)

Luke 24:25And he said to them, A! fools (or O fools!), and slow of heart to believe in all (the) things that the prophets have spoken.

1 Corinthians 3:2I gave to you milk to drink, not meat (or solid food); for ye might not yet understand, neither ye may now (or nor can ye now),

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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