Mark 7:23

All these evil things come forth from within, and defile the man.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

In Context

22thefts, schemes for extortion, wicked deeds, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, calumny, haughtiness, impiety.

24And he arose and departed thence to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and desired that no one should know it; but he could not escape notice.

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Cross References

Mark 7:18And he said to them: Are you also so void of understanding? Do you not perceive that nothing from without, by entering into a man, can defile him?

Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure: but to the denied and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their mind and their conscience are denied.

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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