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.
Mark 7:15 in other translations
| BSB | Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.” |
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| WEB | There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. |
| ASV | there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. |
| YLT | there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man. |
| DARBY | There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man. |
| BBE | There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Mark 7:15 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 7:14-23
Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to…
Mark 7:15 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 7:15
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
- 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.
- 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. Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. …
- 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.
- Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
- Hebrews 9:10
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
- Mark 7:18-23
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. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, …
- 1 Corinthians 10:25
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
- 1 Timothy 4:3-5
Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
- Acts 10:28
And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
- Matthew 15:16
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
nothing.
18-20; Le 11:42-47; Ac 10:14-16,28; 11:8-10; 15:20,21; Ro 14:17
1Co 10:25; 1Ti 4:3-5; Tit 1:15; Heb 9:10; 13:9
but.
20-23; Pr 4:23; Mt 12:34; 15:16
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Context
- Mark 7:14
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
- 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.
- Mark 7:16
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark 7:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Nada hay fuera del hombre que entre en él, que le pueda contaminar: mas lo que sale de él, aquello es lo que contamina al hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il n’y a rien en dehors de l’homme, qui, entrant au-dedans de lui, puisse le souiller; mais les choses qui sortent de lui, ce sont celles qui souillent l’homme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da ist nichts, was von außerhalb des Menschen in denselben eingeht, das ihn verunreinigen kann, sondern was von ihm ausgeht, das ist es, was den Menschen verunreinigt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nihil est extra hominem introiens in eum, quod possit eum coinquinare, sed quæ de homine procedunt illa sunt quæ communicant hominem. |