Mark 7:20

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

Berean Standard Bible

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 his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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Cross References

Psalms 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Hebrews 7:6But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself 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 →

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