Matthew 15:19
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- KJV
- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- WEB
- For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
- ASV
- For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
- DARBY
- For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;
- BLB
- For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false testimonies, slanders.
- ÅB
- For fra hjertet kommer onde tanker: mord, hor, utukt, tyveri, løgn og bespottelse.
- OTB
- For fra hjertet kommer onde tanker—mord, ekteskapsbrudd, seksuell umoral, tyveri, falskt vitnesbyrd, baktalelse.
- B1930
- For fra hjertet kommer onde tanker: mord, hor, utukt, tyveri, falskt vidnesbyrd, bespottelse.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 7:21–23
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Read in contextGalatians 5:19–21
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Read in contextJeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Read in contextJames 1:13–15
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
Read in contextTitus 3:2–6
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Read in contextProverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Read in contextGenesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Read in contextRomans 3:10–19
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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