Mark 7:14–19
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14Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.”a
17When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18He said to them, “So, are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile, 19since it enters not the heart but the stomach and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
Footnotes
- aOther ancient authorities add 7:16: “If you have ears to hear, then hear”
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Summoning the crowd again, he told them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 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. 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).
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