Mark 7:18

18 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man cannot 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

16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

17 And when he was come into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him the parable.

18 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man cannot defile him:

19 Because it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?

20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.