Mark 7:9-23

9He was alsoG2532 sayingG3004 to them, “You are expertsG2573 at settingG114 asideG114 the commandmentG1785 of GodG2316 inG2443 orderG2443 toG2443 keepG5083 your 1traditionG3862. 10For MosesG3475 saidG3004, ‘2HonorG5091 your fatherG3962 and your motherG3384’; and, ‘3The one who speaksG2551 evilG2551 ofG2551 fatherG3962 orG2228 motherG3384, is 4certainly to be putG5053 to deathG2288’; 11but you sayG3004, ‘IfG1437 a personG444 saysG3004 to his fatherG3962 orG2228 his motherG3384, whateverG3739G1437 I haveG1537 that would helpG5623 you is 5CorbanG2878 (that is, 6givenG1435 to God),’ 12you noG3765 longerG3765 allowG863 him to doG4160 anythingG3762 for his fatherG3962 orG2228 his motherG3384; 13thereby invalidatingG208 the wordG3056 of GodG2316 by your 7traditionG3862 whichG3739 you have handedG3860 downG3860; and you doG4160 manyG4183 thingsG4183 suchG3946 as that.”

14After He calledG4341 the crowdG3793 to Him againG3825, He began sayingG3004 to them, “ListenG191 to Me, allG3956 of you, and understandG4920: 15there is nothingG3762 outsideG1855 the personG444 which canG1410 defileG2840 him if it goesG1531 into him; but the things which comeG1607 outG1607 of the personG444 are what defileG2840 the personG4448.”

17And whenG3753 He later enteredG1525 a houseG3624, awayG575 from the crowdG3793, 9His disciplesG3101 askedG1905 Him about the parableG3850. 18And He saidG3004 to them, “Are you soG3779 lackingG801 inG801 understandingG801 asG2532 wellG2532? Do you not understandG3539 that whateverG3956 goesG1531 into the personG444 fromG1855 outsideG1855 cannotG1410G3756 defileG2840 him, 19becauseG3754 it does not goG1531 into his heartG2588, but into his stomachG2836, and 10is eliminatedG1519G856G1607?” (Thereby He declaredG2511 11allG3956 foodsG1033 12cleanG2511.) 20And He was sayingG3004, “13That which comesG1607 outG1607 of the personG444, that is what defilesG2840 the personG444. 21For fromG2081 withinG2081, out of the 14heartsG2588 of peopleG444, comeG1607 the evilG2556 thoughtsG1261, acts of sexualG4202 immoralityG4202, theftsG2829, murdersG5408, acts of adulteryG3430, 22deedsG4124 ofG4124 greedG4124, wickednessG4189, deceitG1388, indecentG766 behaviorG766, 1516envyG3788G4190, slanderG988, 17prideG5243, and foolishnessG877. 23AllG3956 theseG3778 evilG4190 thingsG4190 comeG1607 fromG2081 withinG2081 and defileG2840 the personG444.”