Verse 18
Mark 7:18
Bible in Basic English
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And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀσύνετοί ἐστε; οὐ νοεῖτε ὅτι πᾶν τὸ ἔξωθεν εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον οὐ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι,
English Translation
And he says to them: "Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot make him unclean?"
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Chapter 7 Context
1
And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
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And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
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Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping...
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And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a numbe...
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And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules...
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And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips...
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But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
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For, turning away from the law of God (Elohim), you keep the rules of men.
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And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God (Elohim), so that you may keep the rul...
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For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, le...
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But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from...
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You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
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Making the word of God (Elohim) of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of oth...
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And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be cle...
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There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things...
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And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him abo...
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And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man fr...
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Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this,...
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And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.
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Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
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The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongd...
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All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
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And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring tha...
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But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away...
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Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would s...
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And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children...
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But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the...
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And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
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And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.
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And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country o...
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And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made...
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And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put...
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And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
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And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.
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And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much...
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And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the powe...
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