Mark 7:18
17 After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- KJV
- 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;
- WEB
- He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
- ASV
- And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;
- DARBY
- And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,
- BLB
- And He says to them, “Thus are you⁺ also without understanding? Do you⁺ not understand that everything entering into the man from outside is not able to defile him,
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Er da også dere så uforstandige? Skjønner dere ikke at intet som kommer inn i mennesket utenfra, kan gjøre ham uren?
- OTB
- Han sa til dem, “Er dere også uten forståelse? Ser dere ikke at det som kommer inn i et menneske utenfra ikke kan gjøre det urent,
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Er da også I så uforstandige? Skjønner I ikke at intet som kommer inn i mennesket utenfra, kan gjøre ham uren?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 15:16–17
“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
Read in contextHebrews 5:11
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
Read in contextLuke 24:25
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Read in contextIsaiah 28:9–10
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
Read in contextMatthew 16:11
How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Read in contextJeremiah 5:4–5
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Read in contextMark 4:13
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:2
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
Read in context