Mark 7:20

He also said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles a person.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

In Context

19For it does not go into his heart but into his stomach; then it goes out into the latrine, thus purifying all foods.”

21For from within, from the hearts of men, come evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, murder,

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Hebrews 7:6But Melchizedek, who was not among the descendants of Levi, received a tithe from Abraham. He also blessed Abraham, who had received the promises.

James 3:6And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of unrighteousness, staining the entire body, setting the course of life on fire, and itself being 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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