Mark 7:14–23

¹⁴And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, ‘Hearken to me, ye all, and understand; ¹⁵there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man. ¹⁶If any hath ears to hear—let him hear.’ ¹⁷And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile, ¹⁸and he saith to them, ‘So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him? ¹⁹because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.’ ²⁰And he said—‘That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; ²¹for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, ²²thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness; ²³all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.’