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Mark 7:18

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

And he said to them, 'Are you really not getting this either? Don't you see that whatever goes into someone from the outside can't actually make them unclean?'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Jesus is saying it's not what goes in your mouth that matters — it's what comes out of your heart.

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