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Mark 7:18 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verse 18
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;Mark 7:18 · King James Version
Mark 7:18 in context
16If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
18And 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;
19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingasynetosunintelligent, without understanding, stupidG801 →
- perceivenoeōto perceive with the mind, to understand, to have understanding, to think upon, heed…G3539 →
- enteretheisporeuomaito go into, enter, of persons, of things, to be carried into or put into, as food into a…G1531 →
- withoutexōthenfrom without, outwardG1855 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- cannotdynamaito be able, have power whether by virtue of one s own ability and resources, or of a…G1410 →
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One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23