It is not what enters the mouth of a person that [spiritually] corrupts him, but what proceeds out of his mouth that [spiritually] corrupts him.”
Mark 7:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) He said to them, ‘Are you also as lacking in understanding [as the others]? Do you not understand that whatever enters a person’s body from the outside cannot [spiritually] corrupt him? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said to them, Then are you also unintelligent and dull and without understanding? Do you not discern and see that whatever goes into a man from the outside cannot make him unhallowed or unclean, American Standard Version (1901) And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it cannot defile him; Common English Bible He said to them, “Don’t you understand either? Don’t you know that nothing from the outside that enters a person has the power to contaminate? Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: "So, are you also without prudence? Do you not understand that everything entering to a man from outside is not able to pollute him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? understand you not that every thing from without, entering into a man cannot defile him: |
It is not what enters the mouth of a person that [spiritually] corrupts him, but what proceeds out of his mouth that [spiritually] corrupts him.”
How is it that you do not understand that I was not speaking to you about [physical] bread? But [rather I meant] watch out for the yeast [i.e., the influence] of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
And Jesus continued to speak to them; “Do you not know what this parable means? Then how can you understand any of the other parables?
And when He had gone into the house away from the crowd His disciples asked Him about this parable.
It is because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and [eventually] passes out into the toilet.” By saying this He made all foods [ceremonially] acceptable.
Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish men! How slow your minds are to believe everything the prophets have spoken [in their writings]!
Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things?
For I fed you with milk, not with solid food [i.e., with basic fundamentals instead of more advanced teaching. See Heb. 5:12-13] because you were not able to absorb it,
[Now] we have many things to say about Melchizedek, but because of your slowness to grasp things, they are hard to explain.