Mark 7:20

20 And he said, "What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.

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 said to them, "So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything [that is] outside that goes into a person [is] not able to defile him?

19 For it does not enter into his heart but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine"--[thus] declaring all foods clean.

20 And he said, "What comes out of a person, that defiles a person.

21 For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

22 adulteries, [acts of] greed, malicious [deeds], deceit, licentiousness, {envy}, abusive speech, pride, foolishness.