Mark 7:9-23
9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of arejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, a‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, b‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus amaking void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
What Defiles a Person
14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, a“Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 aThere is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when he had entered athe house and left the people, bhis disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “Then aare you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters not his heart abut his stomach, and is expelled?” (bThus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, a“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, amurder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, asensuality, benvy, cslander, dpride, efoolishness. 23 aAll these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
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