Mark 7:18-23 ▼

18 And He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

19 For it doesn’t go into his heart but into the stomach and is eliminated .” (As a result, He made all foods clean.)

20 Then He said, “What comes out of a person  — that defiles him.

21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

22 adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, promiscuity, stinginess , blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”