Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart, proceade euyll thoughtes, murders, adulteries, whordomes, theftes, false witnesse, blasphemyes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
20These are the thynges, which defyle a man: But to eate with vnwasshen handes, defyleth not a man.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart [was] only euyll euery day.
Proverbs 6:14He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.
Proverbs 24:9The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men.
Isaiah 59:7Their feete runne to euyll, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their counsels are wicked counsels, harme and destruction are in their wayes.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →