⚡WEB · Mark 7:20
What does Mark 7:20 mean?
"He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man."
— Mark 7:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.
He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,
because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?”
He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
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