Matthew 15:19
For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18But the things coming out of the mouth come forth from the heart, and those things defile the man.
20These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.
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.
Psalms 119:113I hate those who are of a double mind, but I love thy law.
Proverbs 6:14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →