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16 Let those with ears use them and listen.]”[a]

17 When Jesus left the people and went into the house, his followers asked him about this story. 18 Jesus said, “Do you still not understand? Surely you know that nothing that enters someone from the outside can make that person unclean.

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  1. 7:16 Let . . . listen. Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.

[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.