all these evils come from inside and defile people.”
It's not what's on the outside and goes into you that makes you unclean. It's what comes out that makes you unclean.”
“Don't you understand it either?” he asked them. “Don't you see that what you eat doesn't make you unclean?
It's what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, thoughtlessness—
Then Jesus left and went to the region of Tyre. He didn't want anyone to know he was staying in a house there, but he couldn't keep it a secret.
Anyone who destroys God's temple will be destroyed by God, for God's temple is holy, and you are the temple.
To those who have clean minds everything is clean, but to those who are corrupt and refuse to trust in God, nothing is clean—both their minds and their consciences are corrupt.
Likewise these dreamers pollute their bodies, disregard authority, and insult heavenly beings.
