Matthew 15:19
for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;
20these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;
Psalms 119:113[Samech.] Doubting ones I have hated, And Thy law I have loved.
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
Isaiah 59:7Their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed innocent blood, Their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity, Spoiling and destruction [are] in their highways.
Jeremiah 17:9Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth know it?
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 →