Cross References

Mark 7:18

New English Translation

He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

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What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer.” (This means all foods are clean.)

So he said to them, “You foolish people – how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Jesus answered, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready,

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.