23 All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”

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23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

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15 It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:15 Some manuscripts add verse 16, Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. Compare 4:9, 23.

15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

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In the same way, these people—who claim authority from their dreams—live immoral lives, defy authority, and scoff at supernatural beings.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 8 Greek at glorious ones, which are probably evil angels.

In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.(A)

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15 Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted.

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15 To the pure, all things are pure,(A) but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.(B) In fact, both their minds and consciences are corrupted.(C)

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17 God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

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17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.

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18 “Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?

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18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?

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