Mark 7:17-23 And when He had gone into the house away from the crowd His disciples asked Him about this parable.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ And when He had gone into the house away from the crowd His disciples asked Him about this parable. ¹⁸ He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding [as the others]? Do you not understand that whatever enters a person’s body from the outside cannot [spiritually] corrupt him? ¹⁹ It is because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and [eventually] passes out into the toilet.” By saying this He made all foods [ceremonially] acceptable. ²⁰ And He said, “Whatever proceeds out of a man’s life is what [spiritually] corrupts him. ²¹ For from within, out of people’s hearts, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, extramarital affairs, ²² greedy desires, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained indecency, envy, slander, arrogance and foolishness. ²³ All these evil things proceed from within [man’s heart] and [spiritually] corrupt him.”