Wednesday, 12th February

Mark 7:14–23

Then
Jesus called the crowd again and said to
them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside a
person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what
defile.” When he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked
him about the parable. He said to them, “Then do you also fail to understand?
Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?”
(Thus he declared all foods clean.) And he said, “It is what comes out of a
person that defiles. For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil
intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness,
deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. All these evil things come
from within, and they defile a person.”

 

Reflection

How do I understand Jesus’ words?

Do I feel privileged to be Jesus’ disciple and be
taught by him personally?