Mark 7:20

But, said he, what cometh out of a man, that makes a man unclean.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the vault, carrying off all the impurities of the food.

21For from within out of the heart of men proceed wicked reasonings, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

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Cross References

Matthew 12:34Ye broods of vipers, how can ye speak good things, yourselves being wicked? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Hebrews 7:6But he who derived not his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises;

James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: in such manner is the tongue placed among our members, that it defileth all the body, and setteth on fire the circle of nature; and is set on fire of 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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