Verse 18

He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

Referenced Verses

• Matt 15:16-17 : 16 So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand? 17 Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
• Matt 16:11 : 11 How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
• Mark 4:13 : 13 He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
• Luke 24:25 : 25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
• John 3:10 : 10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
• 1 Cor 3:2 : 2 I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
• Heb 5:11 : 11 About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
• Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom will he teach knowledge? To whom will he explain the message? Those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts? 10 For it is precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little.
• Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God." But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.