Mark 7:15

There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

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WEBBE

There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

BSB

Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

KJV

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

ASV

there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

BBE

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

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οὐδέν ouden No [thing] G3762 ἐστιν estin there is G1510 ἔξωθεν exōthen outside G1855 τοῦ tou of the G3588 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou man G444 εἰσπορευόμενον eisporeuomenon entering G1531 εἰς eis into G1519 αὐτὸν auton him G846 ὃ ho which G3739 δύναται dunatai is able G1410 κοινῶσαι koinōsai to defile G2840 αὐτόν auton him G846 ἀλλὰ alla but G235 τὰ ta the [things] G3588 ἐκ ek out of G1537 τοῦ tou the G3588 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou man G444 ἐκπορευόμενά ekporeuomena proceeding G1607 ἀπ ap᾽ from G575 αὐτοῦ autou of him G846 ἐκεῖνά ekeina that G1565 ἐστιν estin are G1510 τὰ ta those which G3588 κοινοῦντα koinounta are defiling G2840 τὸν ton the G3588 ἄνθρωπον.¶ anthrōpon man G444

The early church

(ubi sup.) For the Jews, boasting themselves to be the portion of God, call common those meats which all men use, as shellfish, hares, and animals of that sort. Not even however what is offered to idols is unclean, in as far as it is food and God's creature; it is the invocation of devils which makes it unclean; and He adds the cause of it, saying, Because it entereth not into his heart. The principal seat of the soul according to Plato is the brain, but according to Christ, it is in the heart.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) The Jews regard and murmur about only the bodily purification of the law; our Lord wishes to bring in the contrary. Wherefore it is said, And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one, and understand; there is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him, but the things which come out of a man, those are they which defile a man; that is, which make him unclean. The things of Christ have relation to the inner man, but those which are of the law are visible and external, to which, as being bodily, the cross of Christ was shortly to put an end.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
But the intention of the Lord in saying this was to teach men, that the observing of meats, which the law commands, should not be taken in a carnal sense, and from this He began to unfold to them the intent of the law.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–23

Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.

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