Mark 7:19-21

19 because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated * *?" (Thus He declared ¹all foods ²clean.)

20 And He was saying, "³That 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 3

1. Romans 14:1-12; Colossians 2:16
2. Luke 11:41; Acts 10:15; Acts 11:9
3. Matthew 15:18; Mark 7:23

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "goes out into the latrine"
[b]. I.e. acts of sexual immorality

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