Mark 7:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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,

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  • Matt 15:16-17 : 16 And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
  • Matt 16:11 : 11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
  • Mark 4:13 : 13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
  • John 3:10 : 10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
  • 1 Cor 3:2 : 2 I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;
  • Heb 5:11 : 11 Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
  • Isa 28:9-9 : 9 To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast? 10 For it is one rule after another; one line after another; here a little, there a little.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God. 5 I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 7:19-21
    3 verses
    91%

    19Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

    20And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.

    21Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

  • Mark 7:13-17
    5 verses
    89%

    13Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

    14And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:

    15There 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.

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    17And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

  • Matt 15:16-18
    3 verses
    86%

    16And he said, Are you, like them, still without wisdom?

    17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

    18But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

  • Matt 15:10-12
    3 verses
    83%

    10And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

    11Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

    12Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Matt 15:20
    81%

    20These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

  • Mark 7:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

    24And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

  • Mark 7:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

    3Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

    4And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

    5And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

  • Rom 14:20
    73%

    20Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

  • Luke 11:38-41
    4 verses
    72%

    38And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.

    39And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.

    40O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?

    41But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

  • Rom 14:14
    72%

    14I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

  • Titus 1:15
    72%

    15To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

  • Matt 23:26
    72%

    26You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

  • Acts 11:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

    9But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

  • Mark 8:21
    71%

    21And he said to them, Is it still not clear to you?

  • Matt 15:2
    70%

    2Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

  • Acts 10:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

    15And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.

  • Lev 11:34
    69%

    34Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.

  • Matt 16:11
    69%

    11How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

  • Lev 7:19
    69%

    19And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:

  • Lev 22:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever;

    6Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;

  • Mark 8:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

    18Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?

  • Lev 11:47
    69%

    47Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

  • Mark 7:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

    8For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

  • Matt 7:6
    68%

    6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • Lev 5:3
    68%

    3Or if he becomes unclean through touching unconsciously any unclean thing of man, whatever it may be, when it is made clear to him he will be responsible:

  • Mark 2:8
    68%

    8And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?

  • Luke 10:8
    68%

    8And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:

  • Lev 18:24
    68%

    24Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean: