Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Darby Translation
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 goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
Job 14:4Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
Job 25:4And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?
Psalms 14:3They have all gone aside, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.
Psalms 53:3Every one of them is gone back, they are together become corrupt: there is none that doeth good, not even one.
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of 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 →