Mark 7:21
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Bible in Basic English
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 makes the man unclean.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Job 14:4If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.
Job 25:4How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
Psalms 14:3They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
Psalms 53:3\53:2\God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Proverbs 4:23And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have 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 →