Mark 7:23

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Mark 7:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

21 For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

22 greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

23 All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

24 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice.

25 Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Mark 7:15

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.”

Mark 7:18

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

1 Corinthians 3:17

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

Titus 1:15

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.