Mark 7:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,”

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BSBPD

““Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, it cannot defile him;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 7:18 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 28:9Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
  2. Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
  3. Matthew 15:16“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
  4. Matthew 16:11How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  5. Mark 4:13Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
  6. Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  7. John 3:10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
  9. Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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