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.”
Mark 7:23 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) All these evil things proceed from within [man’s heart] and [spiritually] corrupt him.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 all these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All these evil [purposes and desires] come from within, and they make the man unclean and render him unhallowed. American Standard Version (1901) all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man. Common English Bible All these evil things come from the inside and contaminate a person in God’s sight.” Catholic Public Domain Version All these evils procede from within and pollute a man." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All these evil things come from within, and defile a man. |
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.”
He said to them, ‘Are you also as lacking in understanding [as the others]? Do you not understand that whatever enters a person’s body from the outside cannot [spiritually] corrupt him?
And He said, “Whatever proceeds out of a man’s life is what [spiritually] corrupts him.
greedy desires, wickedness, deceit, unrestrained indecency, envy, slander, arrogance and foolishness.
And from there Jesus got up and went away into the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house but did not want anyone to know it. However, He could not keep it secret.
If any person destroys God’s Temple, God will destroy him. For God’s Temple is holy [i.e., set apart for His service], and you people are His [holy] Temple.
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].
In the same way, these people have dreams of committing physically corruptive practices; they reject authority over them [i.e., by both God and men], and speak against glorious [i.e., heavenly] beings.