Mark 7:18

Mark 7:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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;
• New International Version (NIV)“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

Context of Mark 7:18

17When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? 19For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean). 20And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

Mark 7:18 word by word

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἔξωθεν εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον οὐ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• without understandingἀσύνετοςasunetos · senselessG801
• Do yeνοέωnoieō · to understandG3539
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• whatsoeverπᾶςpas · allG3956
• thing from withoutἔξωθενexōthen · outsideG1855
• enterethὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• enterethεἰσπορεύωeisporeuomai · to enterG1531
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• cannotδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• defileκοινόωkoinoō · to profaneG2840

Cross-references for Mark 7:18

• Mark 4:13Then he said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables?
• Isaiah 28:9Who is he trying to teach? Who is he trying to instruct? Infants just weaned from milk? Babies removed from the breast?
• Jeremiah 5:4Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
• Matthew 15:16“Do you still lack understanding?” he asked.
• Matthew 16:11Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”
• Luke 24:25He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• John 3:10“Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.
• 1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, since you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,
• Hebrews 5:11We have a great deal to say about this, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

Commentaries on Mark 7:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 1-23 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 7:1 Came from Jerusalem - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mark 7:2 Defiled hands - The hands were considered defiled or polluted unless they were washed previous to every meal. Mark 7:3 Except they wash their hands oft - Our word “oft” means frequently, often. The Greek wore translated oft has been rendered various ways. Some have said that it means…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-23The second argument of Jesus against the Pharisees was a proverb he told the crowd. Later, in a private setting, Jesus explained it to his disciples (7:17–23). It concerns moral distinctions about eating (rules about what is right or wrong to eat). Eating affects the system that processes food, but moral issues involve the heart. The heart is a metaphor for where a person makes moral decisions. How a person eats (with ceremonially clean or unclean hands)…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 7:18

• Blindness
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• Commandments
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Commentaries on Mark 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings