Mark 7:15–17

The NET BibleOther versions

English

^7:15There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”¹⁹

^7:17Now²⁰ when Jesus²¹ had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

19 Most later add 7:16 “Let anyone with ears to hear, listen.” This verse is included in A D W Θ f1, 13 33 𝔐 latt sy, but is lacking in important Alexandrian and a few others (א B L Δ* 0274 28 2427). It appears to be a scribal gloss (see 4:9 and 4:23), perhaps introduced as a reiteration of the thought in 7:14, and is almost certainly not an original part of the Greek text of Mark. The present translation follows in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.
20 Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
21 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”

When he went into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.