Mark 7:21
For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
In Context
20And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man.
22covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.
Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?
Psalms 14:3They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.
Psalms 53:3Every one of them has gone back. They have together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.
Matthew Henry on Mark 7:2-24
The Traditions of the Elders; The Worst Defilement from Within. 1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they… Read the whole commentary →