Mark 7:18

And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

Who is he trying to teach?
Who is he trying to instruct?
Infants just weaned from milk?
Babies removed from the breast?

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.

“Are even you still lacking in understanding?” He asked.

Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees,’ it wasn’t about bread?”

Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables?

He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!

“Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.

I gave you milk to drink, not solid food, because you were not yet ready for it. In fact, you are still not ready,

We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

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