Mark 7:21
For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
In Context
20But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
Job 14:4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?
Job 25:4Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?
Psalms 14:3They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they acted deceitfully; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways: and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.
Psalms 53:3God looked down from heaven on the children of men: to see if there were any that did understand, or did seek God.
Proverbs 4:23With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it.
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 →