Matthew 15:19

For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

In Context

18But that which proceedeth from the mouth, cometh from the heart: and that is what defileth a man.

20These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled.

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Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21

What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →

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