Mark 7:20
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
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Compare
- BSB
- He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
- KJV
- And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
- WEB
- He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
- ASV
- And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
- DARBY
- And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.
- BLB
- And He was saying, “That which is proceeding out of the man, that defiles the man.
- ÅB
- Men han sa: Det som går ut av mennesket, det er det som gjør mennesket urent.
- OTB
- Han fortsatte med å si, “Det som kommer ut av et menneske er det som gjør det urent.
- B1930
- Men han sa: Det som går ut av mennesket, det er det som gjør mennesket urent.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Read in contextJames 1:14–15
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Read in contextJames 4:1
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Read in contextMark 7:15
There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Read in contextMatthew 12:34–37
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Read in contextPsalms 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Read in contextMicah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Read in contextHebrews 7:6
But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
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