Mark 7:17
17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
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17 And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:17
Commentary on Mark 7:14-23
(Read Mark 7:14-23)
Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.