Mark 7:20

20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

Mark 7:20 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:20

And he said
Continued to say in his discourse; though this is left but in the Syriac version;

that which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man;
meaning, not his excrements, which were unclean by the law, ( Deuteronomy 23:13 ) but what comes out of his heart, by his mouth; or is expressed in action, as appears by what follows; (See Gill on Matthew 15:18).

Mark 7:20 In-Context

18 And he saith to them: So are you also without knowledge? Understand you not that every thing from without entering into a man cannot defile him:

19 Because it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats?

20 But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

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

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.