Mark 7:12-22

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

13 thus invalidating the word of God by your ¹tradition 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 ²the house, ³His 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 ⁴all foods ⁵clean.)

20 And He was saying, "⁶That 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,

22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, ⁷envy *, slander, pride and foolishness.

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Cross References 7

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

Footnotes 5

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

Mark 7:12-22

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The Heart of Man

Cross References 7

Footnotes 5