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Mark 7:14

Verse 14 of 37. The 7th of 16 chapters in Mark, in The Gospels.

10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,”’” that is to say, given to God,

12“then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

13making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

14He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

15There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

17When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

18He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.