Mark 7:20
And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
In Context
21For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Cross References
Psalms 41:6And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Matthew 12:34Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Hebrews 7:6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by 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 →