All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."I guess it's a little weird to me that it was declared that no external item can make one unclean. In this time, the Jews had many laws for cleanliness. Many of them Jesus told people to follow, including those for purification after being ill.
However, I guess here he's talking about spiritual cleanliness, rather than physical for presentation at the Temple. After all, Jesus was pointing us to the future, where the Temple would not be needed or available. In spiritual matters, it is the heart that determines cleanliness, and we've all sullied ourselves quite a bit.
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