Mark 7:15

Mark 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
• New International Version (NIV)Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

Context of Mark 7:15

13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.” 14Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand. There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.” 17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

Mark 7:15 word by word

οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς αὐτὸν ὃ δύναται κοινῶσαι αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• There isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• from withoutἔξωθενexōthen · outsideG1855
• a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• enteringεἰσπορεύωeisporeuomai · to enterG1531
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• canδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• defileκοινόωkoinoō · to profaneG2840
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• the things which come outἐκπορεύωekporeuomai · to departG1607
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565

Cross-references for Mark 7:15

• Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
• Leviticus 11:42You must not eat anything that crawls on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable.
• Acts 10:14But Peter said, “Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
• Acts 11:8But I said, ‘Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’
• Acts 15:20but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.
• Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Corinthians 10:25Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience,
• 1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
• Hebrews 9:10They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.
• Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.
• Mark 7:20He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.
• Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.
• Matthew 12:34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
• Matthew 15:16Jesus said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

Commentaries on Mark 7:15

• 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 7:15

• Commandments
• Ecclesiasticism
• Jesus, the Christ
• Pharisees

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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