Lesson 5245

 (Lesson 5245)(06-16-26) Mark 7:17-23 

   And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” 

 

     In today’s quote, Jesus explained to his disciples that food cannot defile a person because it enters the stomach rather than the heart and is eliminated, declaring all foods clean. Jesus, instead, identified that true moral corruption originates entirely from within the human heart, that evil thoughts, actions, and desires stemming from a corrupted heart are what actually separate a person from the will of God. ~