Mark 7:23 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

²³ All these wicked things come from within, and do defile a man."

¹⁵ There is nothing external to a man, which by going into him can 'defile' him; but the things that come out from a man are the things that defile him."

¹⁸ "What, do even you understand so little?" exclaimed Jesus. "Do not you see that there is nothing external to a man, which by going into a man, can 'defile' him,

¹⁷ If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy him; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

¹⁵ Everything is pure to the pure-minded, but to those whose minds are polluted and who are unbelievers nothing is pure. Their minds and consciences are alike polluted.

⁸ Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.