Mark 7:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

Micah 2:1

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

Matthew 15:18

But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

Matthew 4:4

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

Mark 7:15

There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

Mark 7:21

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

Mark 7:23

And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.

Hebrews 7:6

But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.

James 4:1

What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?