Mark 7:23
All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
In Context
22theft, murder, avarice, malice, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, reviling, haughtiness, folly.
Cross References
Mark 7:18And he said to them: Are ye likewise so undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?
Titus 1:15For to the pure, every thing is pure; but to them who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but their understanding is defiled, and their conscience.
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 →