Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Psalms 119:113I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
Proverbs 6:14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
Proverbs 24:9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →