Mark 7:14

Defilement from Within

14 And summoning the crowd again, he said to them, "Listen to me, all [of you], and understand:

Mark 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:14

And when he, had called all the people unto him
The Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, instead of "all", read again, and so do some copies: having said what was sufficient to stop the mouths of the Scribes and Pharisees, about their unwarrantable traditions; he turns himself to the common people, who stood at some distance, because of these venerable doctors, and called to them to come nearer to him:

he said unto them, hearken to me every one of you, and understand;
signifying, he had something of moment to say to them, which they would do well to attend unto, and what they should be desirous of understanding aright, it being what concerned every one of them; (See Gill on Matthew 15:10).

Mark 7:14 In-Context

12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother,

13 [thus] making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar [things] such as this."

14 And summoning the crowd again, he said to them, "Listen to me, all [of you], and understand:

15 There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him [by] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person."