Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, fornications,
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
In Context
20And he said, That which cometh out of a man, that defileth a man.
Cross References
Job 14:4Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.
Job 25:4How then can man be righteous before? Or how can he be pure that is born of woman?
Psalms 14:3They are all gone out of the way; together are they corrupt; There is none that doeth good—no, not one.
Psalms 53:3They are all gone astray; together are they corrupt; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Proverbs 4:23More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.
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 →