Mark 7:23

all these evils come forth from within, and they defile the man.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

In Context

22thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, slander, pride, foolishness;

24And from there having risen, He went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, He wished none to know, and He was not able to be hid,

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Cross References

Mark 7:18and He says to them, “So also you are without understanding! Do you not perceive that nothing from outside entering into the man is able to defile him?

Titus 1:15All things, indeed, [are] pure to the pure, and nothing [is] pure to the defiled and unsteadfast, but even the mind and the conscience of them [is] defiled.

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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