Mark 7:11-21

11 but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever * I have that would help you is ¹Corban (that is to say, given to God),'

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

13 thus invalidating the word of God by your ²tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."

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14 After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

15 there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.

16 [ "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]

17 When he had left the crowd and entered ³the house, ⁴His disciples questioned Him about the parable.

18 And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot * defile him,

19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated * *?" (Thus He declared ⁵all foods ⁶clean.)

20 And He was saying, "⁷That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.

21 "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

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Cross References 7

1. Leviticus 1:2; Matthew 27:6
2. Mark 7:3, 5, 8, 9; Galatians 1:14
3. Mark 2:1; Mark 3:20; Mark 9:28
4. Matthew 15:15
5. Romans 14:1-12; Colossians 2:16
6. Luke 11:41; Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9
7. Matthew 15:18; Mark 7:23

Footnotes 4

[a]. Or "a gift," i.e. "an offering"
[b]. Early mss do not contain this verse
[c]. Lit "goes out into the latrine"
[d]. I.e. acts of sexual immorality

Mark 7:11-21

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The Heart of Man

Cross References 7

Footnotes 4