Mark 7:21
Specifically, it is people’s innermost being that causes them to think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal things, they commit murder.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.
Job 14:4People are sinners from the time when they are born; who can cause them to be sinless? No one [RHQ]!
Job 25:4So, ◄how can God consider anyone to be righteous?/God certainly cannot consider anyone to be righteous.► [RHQ] ◄How can any human being be truly pure?/No human being can be truly pure.► [RHQ]
Psalms 14:3But they are all corrupt/evil; no one does what is good/right.
Psalms 53:3But they are all morally corrupt; no one does what is good/right.
Proverbs 4:23It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls [MET] the things that you do.
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 →