Mark 7:20

And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.

Darby Translation

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 draught, purging all meats?

21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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Cross References

Psalms 41:6And if one come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

Matthew 12:34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Hebrews 7:6but he who has no genealogy from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

James 3:6and the tongue [is] fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of 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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