Mark 7:23
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All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
Commentaries
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FOUR THOUSAND MIRACULOUSLY FED--A SIGN FROM HEAVEN SOUGHT AND REFUSED--THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES--A BLIND MAN AT BETHSAIDA RESTORED TO SIGHT. ( = Mat. 15:32-16:12). (Mark 8:1-26) In those days the multitude being very great, &c.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands (Mar 7:1-13); and the needful instructions he gave to the people on that occasion, and further explained to his disciples (Mar 7:14-23). II. His curing of the woman Canaan's daughter that was possessed (Mar 7:24-30). III. The relief of a man that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech (Mar 7:31-37).
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Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.