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Mark 7:1-23 — That Which Defiles

Mark.7.1-23

¹And the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. ²And they saw that some of his disciples were eating the bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed. ³(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully , holding to the tradition of the elders, ⁴and from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they sprinkle themselves. And there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups and pitchers and bronze vessels and dining couches.) ⁵And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?” ⁶And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; ⁷but in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' ⁸Leaving the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men." ⁹And he said to them, "You splendidly set aside the commandment of God, so that you may keep your tradition! ¹⁰For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.' ¹¹But you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban” (that is, a gift), ¹²you no longer allow that person to do anything for the father or the mother, ¹³making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. And you do many such similar things." ¹⁴And having called the crowd to him again, he said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand: ¹⁵There is nothing from outside the man entering into him that can defile him; but the things coming out of the man are what defile the man." ¹⁷And when he had entered the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him the parable. ¹⁸And he said to them, "Are you also so without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters into the man from outside cannot defile him, ¹⁹because it does not enter into his heart, but into his stomach, and goes out into the latrine?" (Thus he declared all foods clean. ) ²⁰And he said, "That which comes out of the man, that is what defiles the man. ²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, come out evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders, ²²adulteries, greed, wickednesses, deceit, debauchery, envy , slander, pride, foolishness. ²³All these evil things come out from within, and they defile the man."

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4/11/2026

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