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16 [a]

17 Then Jesus left the people and went into the house. The followers asked Jesus about what he had told the people. 18 He said, “Do you still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that nothing that enters the mouth from the outside can make people unacceptable to God.

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  1. Mark 7:16 Some Greek copies add verse 16: “You people who hear me, listen!”

[16] [a]

17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him(A) about this parable. 18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?

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  1. Mark 7:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.