You children of snakes! Since you are evil, how do you expect to speak good things? For the mouth speaks what the heart is filled with.
Mark 7:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) There is nothing that enters a person’s body from the outside that can [spiritually] corrupt him, but it is what proceeds out of a person’s life that [spiritually] corrupts him.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There is not [even] one thing outside a man which by going into him can pollute and defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him and make him unhallowed and unclean. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Nothing outside of a person can enter and contaminate a person in God’s sight; rather, the things that come out of a person contaminate the person.” Catholic Public Domain Version There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is nothing from without a man that entering into him, can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man. |
You children of snakes! Since you are evil, how do you expect to speak good things? For the mouth speaks what the heart is filled with.
Then He called the crowd to Him again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand [what I am saying].
And he said to them, “You people know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with, or even go near a person from another [i.e., non-Jewish] country, and yet God showed me that I should not consider any person ordinary or [ceremonially] unacceptable.
For God’s kingdom is not a matter of what people eat or drink, but [instead, it is a matter] of doing what is right, having peace [of heart] and having [inner] joy, which come from the Holy Spirit.
Eat whatever is sold in the [public] meat markets, without asking any questions [about it] for [your] conscience’ sake [i.e., do not inquire about the previous use of the food you buy, because you might discover something about it that would make you feel guilty of wrongdoing if you ate it].
Everything is pure [i.e., ceremonially acceptable] to the person who is pure [i.e., who has been cleansed by the blood of Christ], but to those who are [spiritually] corrupt, and do not believe [in Christ], nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted. [Note: This statement was intended to remove the physical restrictions imposed by the Law of Moses].
Do not continue to be swept off your course by all kinds of strange teachings. For it is good for your hearts to be strengthened by God’s unearned favor [upon you] and not by [keeping regulations about] foods, which do not benefit those who observe them.
since, with foods and drinks and various [ceremonial] washings, they are only outward regulations imposed until the time when everything would be made right [i.e., under the New Agreement].