Mark 7:18
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
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;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
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
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Read in contextHebrews 5:11
Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Read in contextLuke 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Read in contextIsaiah 28:9–10
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Read in contextMatthew 16:11
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Read in contextJeremiah 5:4–5
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Read in contextMark 4:13
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:2
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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