"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." — Mark 7:15

Mark 7:15 · KJV

“If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”

— Mark 7:15

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

Verse 16

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

Mark 7 — Context

And when he had called all the people {unto him}, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one {of you}, and understand:

There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

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;

Cross References

Proverbs 4:23

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}

Leviticus 11:42-47

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon {all} four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they {are} an abomination. {hath...: Heb. doth multiply feet}

Titus 1:15

Unto the pure all things {are} pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving {is} nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Hebrews 13:9

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For {it is} a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Hebrews 9:10

{Which stood} only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed {on them} until the time of reformation. {ordinances: or, rites, or, ceremonies}

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Mark 7:18-23

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