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

16Let the person who has ears listen!” 17When he had left the people and gone home, his disciples asked him about this illustration. Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand? Don’t you know that whatever goes into a person from the outside can’t make him unclean? 19It doesn’t go into his thoughts but into his stomach and then into a toilet.” (By saying this, Jesus declared all foods acceptable.) 20He continued, “It’s what comes out of a person that makes him unclean.

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 4:13Jesus asked them, “Don’t you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?
• Isaiah 28:9To whom will they make the message understood? To whom will they explain this message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from their ⌞mother’s⌟ breasts?
• Jeremiah 5:4I thought, “These are poor, foolish people. They don’t know the way of the Lord and the justice that God demands.
• Matthew 15:16Jesus said, “Don’t you understand yet?
• Matthew 16:11Why don’t you understand that I wasn’t talking to you about bread? Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
• Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! You’re so slow to believe everything the prophets said!
• John 3:10Jesus told Nicodemus, “You’re a well-known teacher of Israel. Can’t you understand this?
• 1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk to drink. I didn’t give you solid food because you weren’t ready for it. Even now you aren’t ready for it
• Hebrews 5:11We have a lot to explain about this. But since you have become too lazy to pay attention, explaining it to you is hard.

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
• Chiding
• Commandments
• Ecclesiasticism
• Jesus, the Christ

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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