Mark 7:18

He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

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WEBBE

He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

BSB

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

KJV

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;

ASV

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;

BBE

And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

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καὶ kai And G2532 λέγει legei He says G3004 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 οὕτως houtōs Thus G3779 καὶ kai also G2532 ὑμεῖς humeis you yourselves G4771 ἀσύνετοί asunetoi without understanding G801 ἐστε; este are G1510 οὐ ou Surely G3756 νοεῖτε noeite you understand G3539 ὅτι hoti that G3754 πᾶν pan everything G3956 τὸ to (the) G3588 ἔξωθεν exōthen outside G1855 εἰσπορευόμενον eisporeuomenon entering G1531 εἰς eis into G1519 τὸν ton the G3588 ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon man G444 οὐ ou not G3756 δύναται dunatai is able G1410 αὐτὸν auton him G846 κοινῶσαι; koinōsai to defile G2840

The early church

The Lord begins by chiding them, wherefore there follows, Are ye so without understanding also? Then the Lord shows them what was hidden, saying, Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot make him common?
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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Matthew 15:16–17

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BlindnessChiding

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.