Mark 7:20

And He said, Everything proceeding out from the man, that defiles the man.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is cast out into the excrement, purifying all edibles.

21For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34O ye generations of vipers, how are you, being evil, able to speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Hebrews 7:6but he who did not derive his lineage from them has tithed Abraham, and blessed him having the promises.

James 3:6The tongue, a fire, the world of iniquity: the tongue sits down in the midst of our members, and corrupting the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire from 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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