Mark 7:20

20 And he sayde: yt defileth a ma which cometh oute of 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 sayd vnto the: Are ye so without vnderstondinge? Do ye not yet perceave yt whatsoever thinge from wt out entreth into a man it can not defyle him

19 because it entrith not in to his hert but into ye belly: and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates.

20 And he sayde: yt defileth a ma which cometh oute of a man.

21 For fro wt in even oute of the herte of men proceade evill thoughtes: advantry fornicacion murder

22 theeft coveteousnes wickednes diceyte vnclennes and a wicked eye blasphemy pryde folysshnes: