19 since it enters not his heart (A)but his stomach, and is expelled?”[a] ((B)Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, (C)“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, (D)murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, (E)sensuality, (F)envy, (G)slander, (H)pride, (I)foolishness.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:19 Greek goes out into the latrine

19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods(A) clean.)(B)

20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(C) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

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