Mark 7:14-23
The Heart of Man
14And after He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: 15there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. 161[“And if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]
17And when He had left the crowd and entered athe house, bHis disciples were asking Him about the parable. 18And He *said to them, “Are you lacking understanding in this way as well? Do you not 1perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, 19because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes to the sewer?” (Thus He declared aall foods bclean.) 20And He was saying, “aThat which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, 1,aenvy, slander, 2pride, and foolishness. 23“All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”