it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Mark 7:18 - English Standard Version 2016 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.