Mark 7:14-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
14 He called the crowd to him again and said, “Everyone, listen to me and understand. 15 There is nothing outside of a man that can make him unclean by going into him. But the things that come out of a man are what make a man unclean. 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”[a]
17 After he had left the crowd and entered a house, his disciples asked him about this illustration. 18 He said, “Are you lacking in understanding too? Do you not understand that whatever goes into a man from the outside cannot make him unclean? 19 For it does not enter his heart but goes into his stomach and goes out of him into the latrine—in this way all foods are purified.”[b]
20 He continued, “What comes out of a man, that is what makes a man unclean. 21 In fact, from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual sins, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained immorality, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and make a person unclean.”
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- Mark 7:16 A few witnesses to the text omit this verse.
- Mark 7:19 Or latrine.” (In this way all foods are purified.) The punctuation in the text indicates Jesus spoke the last sentence of verse 19. The parentheses in this footnote would indicate that the last sentence was an inspired comment by Mark.
Mark 7:14-23
Lexham English Bible
Defilement from Within
14 And summoning the crowd again, he said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him by[a] going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person.”[b] 17 And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything that is outside that goes into a person is not able to defile him? 19 For it does not enter into his heart but into his[c] stomach, and goes out into the latrine”—thus[d] declaring all foods clean. 20 And he said, “What comes out of a person, that defiles a person. 21 For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, 22 adulteries, acts of greed, malicious deeds, deceit, licentiousness, envy,[e] abusive speech, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”
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- Mark 7:15 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“going”) which is understood as means
- Mark 7:15 Most later manuscripts add v. 16, “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Mark 7:19 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- Mark 7:19 Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“declaring”) which is understood as result
- Mark 7:22 Literally “the evil eye”
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