Mark 7:15-17

What Defiles a Person

¹⁵ _f There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him." ₁ ¹⁷ And when he had entered _g the house and left the people, _h his disciples asked him about the parable.

1. Cross References
   Acts 10:14 - 15
   But Peter said, "By no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.
   
2. Cross References
   Mark 9:28
   And when he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 13:36
   Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.
   Matthew 15:15
   But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us.