Mark 7:20
"What comes out of a man," he continued, "is what defiles him.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
In Context
21From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes -
Cross References
Matthew 12:34"You generation of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. "When the time of fruit drew near, he sent his slaves to the vine-dressers seized to get his fruit.
Hebrews 7:6But this man who had no Levitical genealogy actually took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him to whom the promises belong.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire; it is a very world of iniquity among our members, defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the wheel of nature, and is itself set on fire by 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 →