Mark 7:20

He said, “It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?” With this statement Jesus declared all foods clean.

21For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

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Cross References

Psalms 41:6If my enemy comes to see me, he says worthless things; 1 his heart gathers up my disaster for itself; 1 when he goes away from me, he tells others about it. 1

Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, since you are evil, how can you say good things? For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Hebrews 7:6But Melchizedek, whose descent was not traced from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him, the one who had the promises.

James 3:6The tongue is also a fire, a world of sinfulness set among our body parts. It stains the whole body and sets on fire the course of life. It is itself 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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