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

17Then Jesus went into a house to get away from the crowd, and his disciples asked him what he meant by the parable he had just used. “Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you? 19Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.) 20And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.

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 Jesus said to them, “If you can’t understand the meaning of this parable, how will you understand all the other parables?
• Isaiah 28:9“Who does the Lord think we are?” they ask. “Why does he speak to us like this? Are we little children, just recently weaned?
• Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.
• Matthew 15:16“Don’t you understand yet?” Jesus asked.
• Matthew 16:11Why can’t you understand that I’m not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’”
• Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
• John 3:10Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?
• 1 Corinthians 3:2I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,
• Hebrews 5:11There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen.

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