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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Bonus Reading, Mark
What Is Unclean
Today's reading is a challenging teaching from Jesus, at least in the eyes of traditional Jews of the time. They had been carefully taught during their entire lives that certain actions made them "unclean" -- which means unfit to be near God. However, Jesus said that it is not things outside of a person that makes one unclean, but rather unclean things inside of a person. Various evil and selfish intentions are the bigger problem in God's eyes.
