Mark 7:17-23

Twentieth_Century(i) 17 When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying. 18 "What, do even you understand so little?" exclaimed Jesus. "Do not you see that there is nothing external to a man, which by going into a man, can 'defile' him, 19 Because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of?--in saying this Jesus pronounced all food 'clean.' 20 "It is what comes out from a man," he added, "that defiles him, 21 For it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that there come evil thoughts--unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, 22 Greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly; 23 All these wicked things come from within, and do defile a man."