Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 7:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 7:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 7:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus is teaching that bad actions come from inside a person, from their thoughts and feelings. It's like saying the bad stuff we do starts in our hearts and minds.

Mark 7:20: For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

It focuses on what comes out of the mouth, not just the heart, as what defiles a person, similar to Mark 7:20 but emphasizes words.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Contradiction with James 1:26

Implies that controlling one's speech is crucial to being religious, suggesting that external actions also matter.

James 1:26: If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

States that nothing is unclean in itself, indicating that external things can be clean, differing from the idea in Mark 7:20.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]
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