Mark 7:20

Easy To Read Version

And Jesus said, “The things that come from a person are the things that make that person wrong.

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

People come to visit me,\par but they don’t say\par what they are really thinking.\par They come just to get some news about me,\par Then they go and spread their rumors. {\cf2\super [257]} \par

Micah 2:1

Trouble will come to people\par that make plans to sin.\par Those people lie on their beds\par making their evil plans\par Then when the morning light comes,\par they do the bad things they planned.\par Why? Simply because they have the power\par to do what they want.\par

Matthew 15:18

But the bad things a person says with his mouth come from the way a person thinks. And these are the things that make a person wrong. {\cf2\super [209]}

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered him, “It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [48]} \},

Mark 7:15

There is nothing a person puts into his body that makes him wrong. {\cf2\super [86]} A person is made wrong by the things that come from him.”

Mark 7:21

All these bad things begin inside a person, in the mind: bad thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder,

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from inside a person. These things make a person wrong. {\cf2\super [89]} ”

Hebrews 7:6

Melchizedek was not from the family group of Levi. But he got one-tenth from Abraham. And he blessed Abraham—the man who had God’s promises.

James 3:6

The tongue is like a fire. It is a world of evil among the parts of our body. How? The tongue spreads its evil through our whole body. It starts a fire that influences all of life. The tongue gets this fire from hell.

James 4:1

Do you know where your fights and arguments come from? Your fights and arguments come from the selfish desires that make war inside you.