Mark 7:15-19

15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

17 When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.

18 So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?"

Footnotes

• [a] NU-Text omits this verse.
• [b] NU-Text ends quotation with eliminated, setting off the final clause as Mark's comment that Jesus has declared all foods clean.