Mace(i)
17 When he withdrew from the people into the house, his disciples ask'd him the meaning of that maxim.
18 and he said, are you likewise so void of understanding? don't you perceive that what passes from without into a man cannot defile him?
19 because that does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, whence it is discharg'd, the purest part of the food being left for nutrition.
20 but, said he, that which proceeds from a man, is what defiles him:
21 for from within, from the heart of man proceed wicked designs, adulteries, fornications, murders; thefts,
22 avarice, malice, fraud, impudence, envy, scandal, pride, vanity.
23 all these vices come from within, and are what defile the man.