All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”
there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”
And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him,
And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.
coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and would not have any one know it; yet he could not be hid.
If any one destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and that temple you are.
To the pure all things are pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are corrupted.
Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.