Mark 7:23

All these evils come from within, and they are what defile a person.”

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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

In Context

22adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, folly.

24He got up from there and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. There he went into a house and he wanted no one to know where he was, but he could not be hidden.

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Cross References

Mark 7:18Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,

Titus 1:15To those who are pure, all things are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and their consciences have been corrupted.

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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