Mark 7:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Mark 7:23 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Mark 7:2310 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Mark 7:23
But the intention of the Lord in saying this was to teach men, that the observing of meats, which the law commands, should not be taken in a carnal sense, and from this He began to unfold to them the intent of the law.
For that man is a faulty hearer who considers what is obscure to be a clear speech, or what is clear to be obscurely spoken.
For some things are joined to others in such a way as both to change and be changed, just as food, losing its former appearance, is both itself turned into our body, and we too are changed, and our strength is refreshed by it.
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Mary PatelNote3mo agoMercy and justice - Mark 7
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