Mark 7:23

all these evils come from within, and they defile a man.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22rapacity, malice, fraud, obscenity, an evil eye, blasphemy, vain-glory, folly;

24FROM thence Jeshu arose and went to the confine of Tsur and of Tsaidon, and entered into a certain house: and he was unwilling that any man should know of him, but he could not conceal.

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Cross References

Mark 7:18He said to them, How dull are even you! Know you not, that nothing from without that entereth a man can defile him,

Titus 1:15For every thing is pure to the pure; but to those who are polluted and unfaithful nothing is pure; but their understanding and their conscience are polluted.

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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