"And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without ent…" — Mark 7:17

Mark 7:17 · KJV

“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 7:17

Verse 16

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

Verse 18

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

Mark 7 — Context

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;

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

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

Cross References

Matthew 15:15

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Matthew 13:36

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Mark 9:28

And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?

Mark 4:10

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

Mark 4:34

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.