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Mark 7:18–19

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18And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not aperceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,

19because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared aall foods bclean.)

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Footnotes

  1. *Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
  2. aOr understand; see Matt 15:17, but cf. Mark 8:17

Cross references

  1. aRom 14:1–12; Col 2:16
  2. bLuke 11:41; Acts 10:15; 11:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him? For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated” (thus he declared all foods clean).

NLTNew Living Translation

“Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you? Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.)

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything that is outside that goes into a person is not able to defile him? For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine”—thus declaring all foods clean.

KJV 1900King James Version

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; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?