Mark 7:20

And he said: What comes out of the man, is that which defiles the man.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

In Context

19Because it does not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and goes out into the sink, cleansing all food.

21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the purposes which are evil: adulteries, lewd actions, murders,

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34Generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Hebrews 7:6but he who does not count his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity. So is the tongue placed among our members, defiling the whole body, setting on fire the course of life, and being set on fire by hell.

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 →

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