The
Gospel According to Mark
Chapter
7:15, 19-23
15
There is nothing without a man, that can defile him, when it entereth
into him: but the things which proceed out of him, are they which
defile the man.
19
Because it entered not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth
out into the draught which is the purging of all meats?
20
Then he said, That which cometh out of man, that defileth man.
21
For from within, even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,
adulteries, fornications, murders,
22
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, a wicked eye,
backbiting, pride, foolishness.
23
All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
“ Corrupt
customs are best cured by rectifying corrupt notions.Now that which
he goes about to set them right in, is, what the pollution is, which
we are in danger of being damaged by. Not by the meat we eat, though
it be eaten with unwashen hands; that is but from without, and goes
through a man. But, it is by the breaking out of the corruption that
is in our hearts; the mind and conscience are defiled, guilt is
contracted, and we become odious in the sight of God by that which
comes out of us; our wicked thoughts and affections, words and
actions, these defile us, and these only. Our care must therefore be,
to wash our heart from wickedness.”
Matthew
Henry - Theologian
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