It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
Mark 7:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament He said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into a person from the 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; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person.”
How could you not understand that I was not talking about bread when I told you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?”
Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into a house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach; then it goes out into the latrine, thus purifying all foods.”
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, how slow of heart you are to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Jesus answered him, “Yoʋ are the teacher of Israel, and yoʋ do not understand these things?
I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet able to receive it. Even now you are still not able,
On this topic we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.