Jesus Calls On The Crowd To Consider The Heart Of The Matter (7:14-17).
Jesus now turned His attention to the crowd and asked them to consider what was at the heart of the matter. For the fact was that what truly defiled men were not outward things, which simply passed through the body and came out again, but what came from men's hearts, which was a part of what they were. It was thus the heart that needed to be cleansed.
Analysis.
a And He called to him the crowd again, and said to them, “Hear me all of you, and understand” (Mark 7:14).
b “There is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him, but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man (Mark 7:16).
a “If any man has ears to hear, let him hear” (Mark 7:17).