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 (B)There 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.”^[a]

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, ^(B)murder, adultery, ²² coveting, wickedness, deceit, ^(C)sensuality, ^(D)envy, ^(E)slander, ^(F)pride, ^(G)foolishness.