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Οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς αὐτὸν ὃ δύναται αὐτὸν κοινῶσαι, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενά ἐστι τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον. (Mark 7:15)

There is nothing outside the person going into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out are what defile the person.

Five Verbs in a Paradigm Shift

This radical declaration by Yeshua reframes purity and uncleanness—not as external ceremonial contamination, but as internal corruption. His words turn the purity laws inward through the morphology of five verbs:

ἐστιν — present indicative of being (“is”) εἰσπορευόμενον — present middle/passive participle (“going into”) δύναται — present middle/passive indicative (“is able”) ἐκπορευόμενά — present middle/passive participle (“coming out”) κοινοῦντα — present active participle (“defiling”)

Each verb is carefully chosen to contrast inward reception with outward emission—redefining the locus of purity.… Learn Koine Greek