Mark 7:21
For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
In Context
20He said, “It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.
22adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, folly.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Yahweh saw that the wickedness of mankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
Job 14:4Who can bring something clean out of something unclean? No one. 1
Job 25:4How then can man be righteous with God? 1 How can he who is born of a woman be clean, acceptable to him? 1
Psalms 14:3They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt. 1 There is no one who does good, no, not one. 1
Psalms 53:3They have all turned away. Together they have become corrupt. 1 There is not one who does good, not even one. 1
Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart safe and guard it with all diligence, 1 for from it flow the springs of life. 1
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 →