Mar 7:15-17 | NET2full | STEP | There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him . Rather , it is what comes out of a person that defiles him .”

‏ Mark 7:15-17

15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.” ^{▼▼tc Most later mss add 7:16 “Let anyone with ears to hear, listen.” This verse is included in A D W Θ ƒ1,13 33 Maj latt sy, but is lacking in significant Alexandrian mss and a few others (א B L Δ* 0274 28). It appears to be a scribal gloss (see 4:9 and 4:23), perhaps introduced as a reiteration of the thought in 7:14, and is almost certainly not an original part of the Greek text of Mark. The present translation follows NA28 in omitting the verse number, a procedure also followed by a number of other modern translations.}

16 – 17 Now ^{▼▼tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.} when Jesus ^{▼▼tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.