Mark 7:23

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

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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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22theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

24Then Jesus rose from there and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and did not want anyone to know it, yet he could not escape notice.

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Cross References

Mark 7:18He said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into a person from the outside cannot defile him?

Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and do not believe, nothing is pure. In fact, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24

The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →

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