Mark 7:18 - The Message18-19 Jesus said, “Are you being willfully stupid? Don’t you see that what you swallow can’t contaminate you? It doesn’t enter your heart but your stomach, works its way through the intestines, and is finally flushed.” (That took care of dietary quibbling; Jesus was saying that all foods are fit to eat.) See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176918 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; See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition18 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, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)18 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; See the chapterCommon English Bible18 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? See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version18 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? See the chapter |