Mark 7:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These evil things come from inside a person. And these are the things that make people unacceptable to God.”

Cross References

Mark 7:15

There is nothing people can put in their mouth that will make them wrong. People are made wrong by what comes from inside them.”

Titus 1:15

To people who are pure, everything is pure. But to those who are full of sin and don’t believe, nothing is pure. Really, their thinking has become evil and their consciences have been ruined.

1 Corinthians 3:17

If you destroy God’s temple, God will destroy you, because God’s temple is holy. You yourselves are God’s temple.

Jude 1:8

It is the same way with these people who have entered your group. They are guided by dreams. They make themselves dirty with sin. They reject God’s authority and say bad things against the glorious ones.

Mark 7:18

He said, “Do you still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that nothing that enters the mouth from the outside can make people unacceptable to God.

Mark 7:20

And Jesus said, “The things that make people wrong are the things that come from the inside.

Mark 7:22

adultery, greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, insulting people, proud talking, and foolish living.

Mark 7:24

Jesus went from there to the area around Tyre. He did not want the people in that area to know he was there, so he went into a house. But he could not stay hidden.