Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”King James BibleNot that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man....
Jesus and Paul both continuously corrected the idea that it is not what goes into or out of the body that defiles the person, but these actions are the natural outcomes of a corrupt heart (Matthew 15:17-20, Mark 7:20-23). So, Jesus was teaching that there are, in fact, sins that ...
As a side note, I will leave you with a personal testimony from a good close friend who went to God after she had got her navel pierced. When she first called me up to tell me what she had done, I told her about the above verses. However, I told her not to take my word or o...