Mark 7:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He said, “Do you still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that nothing that enters the mouth from the outside can make people unacceptable to God.

Cross References

Hebrews 5:11

We have many things to tell you about this. But it is hard to explain because you have stopped trying to understand.

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to the two men, “You are foolish and slow to realize what is true. You should believe everything the prophets said.

Matthew 16:11

So how could you think that I am concerned about bread? I am telling you to be careful and guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”

1 Corinthians 3:2

And the teaching I gave you was like milk, not solid food. I did this because you were not ready for solid food. And even now you are not ready.

John 3:10

Jesus said, “You are an important teacher of Israel, and you still don’t understand these things?

Mark 4:13

Then Jesus said to the followers, “Do you understand this story? If you don’t, how will you understand any story?

Matthew 15:11

It is not what people put in their mouth that makes them wrong. It is what comes out of their mouth that makes them wrong.”

Mark 7:17

Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. The followers asked Jesus about what he had told the people.

Mark 7:19

Food does not go into a person’s mind. It goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body.” (When Jesus said this, he meant there is no food that is wrong for people to eat.)