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]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:15 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“going”) which is understood as means
  2. Mark 7:15 Most later manuscripts add v. 16, “If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” [16] [a]

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  1. Mark 7:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.