Mark 7:20

20 And Jesus said, "The things that come out of people are the things that make them unclean.

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 Jesus said, "Do you still not understand? Surely you know that nothing that enters someone from the outside can make that person unclean.

19 It does not go into the mind, but into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body." (When Jesus said this, he meant that no longer was any food unclean for people to eat.)

20 And Jesus said, "The things that come out of people are the things that make them unclean.

21 All these evil things begin inside people, in the mind: evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery,

22 greed, evil actions, lying, doing sinful things, jealousy, speaking evil of others, pride, and foolish living.