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Mark 7:20
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He went on:
“What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
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Mark 7:20 in Other Translations
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And he said,That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
ESV
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And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.
NLT
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And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.
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He went on: "It's what comes out of a person that pollutes:
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Then He said, "What comes out of a person-that defiles him.
Mark 7:20 In-Context
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“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
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For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
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He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
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For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
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adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
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