Mark 7:14–23

¹⁴And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: ¹⁵There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. ^16jIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear. ¹⁷And when he was entered ^kinto the house from the people, ^lhis disciples asked him concerning the parable. ¹⁸And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; ¹⁹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? ²⁰And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, ^†ncovetousness, ⁿwickedness, deceit, ^olasciviousness, ^pan evil eye, blasphemy, ^qpride, ^rfoolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.