Bible verse
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.”
Mark 7:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Mark 7.
11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
12 he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.
13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
14 Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
15 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.”
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 After 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,
19 because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
KJV
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
ASV
there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
ERV
there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him: but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
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