English Standard Version
Mark 7:18
18And 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,
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?
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?
Context of Mark 7:18
17And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 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, 19since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
Read all of Mark 7Mark 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 4:13And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
- Isaiah 28:9"To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast?
- Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
- Matthew 15:16And he said, "Are you also still without understanding?
- Matthew 16:11How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
- Luke 24:25And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- John 3:10Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
- 1 Corinthians 3:2I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
- Hebrews 5:11About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
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
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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
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