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Mark 7:18
He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
Mark 7:18 · New Heart English Bible
Mark 7:18 in other translations
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;
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
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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In context
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." [
16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!]
17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"
20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
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