Mark 7:18

18 And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

Mark 7:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:18

And he saith unto them
With some warmth of spirit and resentment, at their stupidity:

are ye so without understanding also?
As well as others, and to such a degree; and "yet", as Matthew expresses it, ( Matthew 15:16 ) , so wretchedly stupid, and so long, and as much, as others:

do ye not perceive?
common sense will tell you,

that whatsoever thing from, without entereth into the man, it cannot
defile him; (See Gill on Matthew 15:16).

Mark 7:18 In-Context

17 And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18 And he said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

19 For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine"--[thus] declaring all foods clean.

20 And he said, "What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.