Mark 7:20

Conservative English Version

Then Jesus said: What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean.

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

When visitors come, all they ever bring are worthless words, and when they leave, they spread gossip.

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

Matthew 15:18

But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered, "The Scriptures say: 'No one can live only on food. People need every word that God has spoken.' "

Mark 7:15

The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean."

Mark 7:21

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder,

Mark 7:23

All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.

Hebrews 7:6

Although Melchizedek wasn't a descendant of Levi, Abraham gave him a tenth of what he had. Then Melchizedek blessed Abraham, who had been given God's promise.

James 3:6

The tongue is like a spark. It is an evil power that dirties the rest of the body and sets a person's entire life on fire with flames that come from hell itself.

James 4:1

Why do you fight and argue with each other? Isn't it because you are full of selfish desires that fight to control your body?