Mark 7:15-19 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

¹⁵Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”

¹⁷After Jesus had left the crowd and gone into the house, His disciples inquired about the parable.

¹⁸“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

¹⁹because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

— Mark 7:15-19

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