Mark 7 — "Outward Ritual or Heart Condition?" What Truly Defiles — WTtW(NASB)

What truly defiles a person before a holy God: external failure to keep religious rituals, or the condition of the human heart? Mark 7 shifts from popular acclaim to sharp confrontation, as Pharisees and scribes challenge Jesus over unwashed hands. Jesus exposes how human tradition can displace God's actual commandment, teaching that true defilement comes not from what enters a person but from what proceeds out of the heart. He then travels to Gentile territory, delivering a Syrophoenician woman's daughter and healing a deaf man. Join Robert for today's reading from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) as we walk through Mark 7 verse by verse, followed by a reflection on the condition of our own hearts, and a closing prayer. 🙏 New chapters posted regularly, walking through the whole Bible one chapter at a time. 📖 Today's New Testament reading: Mark 7 #Mark7 #WalkingThroughTheWord #BibleReading #NASB #DailyBibleReading #GospelOfMark #TraditionVsHeart #ChristianYouTube #ReadTheBible #Syrophoenician Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. https://www.lockman.org