Mark 7:21
It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
In Context
20It's what comes out of you that makes you unclean.
22greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, thoughtlessness—
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!
Job 14:4Who can bring something clean of what is unclean? No one.
Job 25:4How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?
Psalms 14:3They have all gone their own way, they are totally depraved; none of them does anything good, not even one.
Psalms 53:3They have all fallen away, they are totally depraved; none of them does anything good, not even one.
Proverbs 4:23Most of all, protect your mind, for everything in life flows 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 →