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15 Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes him unclean. 16 Let the person who has ears listen!| 17 When he had left the people and gone home, his disciples asked him about this illustration. 18 Jesus said to them, |Don't you understand? Don't you know that whatever goes into a person from the outside can't make him unclean? 19 It doesn't go into his thoughts but into his stomach and then into a toilet.| (By saying this, Jesus declared all foods acceptable.) 20 He continued, |It's what comes out of a person that makes him unclean. 21 Evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, cursing, arrogance, and foolishness come from within a person. 23 All these evils come from within and make a person unclean.| Mark 7:15-23, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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