Matthew 15:16-20
New King James Version
16 So Jesus said, (A)“Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not yet understand that (B)whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18 But (C)those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19 (D)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20 These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
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Mark 7:18-23
New King James Version
18 So He said to them, (A)“Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, [a]thus purifying all foods?” 20 And He said, (B)“What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. 21 (C)For from within, out of the heart of men, (D)proceed evil thoughts, (E)adulteries, (F)fornications, murders, 22 thefts, (G)covetousness, wickedness, (H)deceit, (I)lewdness, an evil eye, (J)blasphemy, (K)pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
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- Mark 7:19 NU sets off the final phrase as Mark’s comment that Jesus has declared all foods clean.
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