Mark 7 : 14 - 23 (NKJV)
The teaching:
14 When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to
them, Hear Me, everyone, and understand: 15 There is nothing that
enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things
which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man. 16
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!
The explaination:
17 When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples
asked Him concerning the parable. 18 So He said to them, Are you
thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever
enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not
enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying
all foods? 20 And He said, What comes out of a man, that defiles
a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts,
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy,
pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and
defile a man.
