Mark 7:18-23 ▼

18 and He says to them, “So also you are without understanding! Do you not perceive that nothing from outside entering into the man is able to defile him?

19 Because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it goes out, purifying all the meats.”

20 And He said, “That which is coming out from the man, that defiles the man;

21 for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness;

23 all these evils come forth from within, and they defile the man.”