Mark 7:14-23

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁴ Then He called the whole multitude to Him, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand!

¹⁵ “There is nothing outside of a man that can defile him when it enters into him. But the things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.

¹⁶ “If any have ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁷ And when He came into a house, away from the people, his disciples asked Him about the parable.

¹⁸ And He said to them, “What? Are you without understanding also? Do you not know that whatever thing enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

¹⁹ “because it did not enter into his heart, but into the belly. And it goes out into the draught, which is the purging of all food?”

²⁰ Then He said, “That which comes out of man, that defiles man.

²¹ “For from within, even out of the heart of man, proceeds evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²² “thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishness.

²³ “All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”