Mark 7:23

All these evils proceed out from within, and defile the man.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, impurity, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, folly.

24And rising up, He departed thence into the regions of Tyre and Sidon. And having entered into a house, and He wished no one to know it: and He was not able to be hidden.

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Cross References

Mark 7:18And He says to them, Are you still without understanding? Do you not know that everything external entering into a man is not able to defile him?

Titus 1:15To the pure all things are pure: but to the corrupted and unbelieving there is nothing pure; yea, their mind 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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