Mark 7:21

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. The Lord saw that people thought only about evil things all the time.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled these sacrifices, and it pleased him. The Lord said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground as a way to punish people. People are evil from the time that they are young. So I will never again destroy every living thing on the earth like I have just done.

Job 14:4

“But what does something clean\par have in common with something dirty?\par Nothing!\par

Job 25:4

Compared to God, no person is good.\par No human being {\cf2\super [45]} can really be pure.\par

Psalm 119:36

Help me think about your Agreement {\cf2\super [590]} \par instead of how to get rich.\par

Psalm 14:1

A foolish person {\cf2\super [75]} says in his heart,\par “There is no God.”\par Foolish people do terrible, rotten things.\par Not even one of them does good.\par

Psalm 14:3

But every person had turned away from God.\par All people had become bad.\par Not even one person was doing good!\par

Psalm 53:1

Only a fool {\cf2\super [319]} thinks there is no God.\par People like that are corrupt, evil, malicious,\par and they don’t do anything good.\par

Psalm 53:3

But everyone has turned away from God.\par Every person is bad.\par No person does anything good.\par No, not one person!\par

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will destroy everything a proud person has. But the Lord protects the things that a widow has.

Proverbs 4:23

The most important thing is for you to be careful in the things you think. Your thoughts control your life.

Isaiah 59:13

We sinned and turned against the Lord.\par We turned away from him and left him.\par We planned evil things.\par We planned things that are against God.\par We have thought of these things\par and planned them in our hearts.\par

Isaiah 59:7

Those people use their feet to run to evil. They hurry to kill people that have done nothing wrong. They think evil thoughts. Rioting and stealing is their way of living.

Jeremiah 16:12

But you people have sinned more than your ancestors. You are very stubborn. And you are doing only the things that you want to do. You are not obeying me. You do only what you want to do.

Jeremiah 17:9

“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par

Jeremiah 4:14

People of Jerusalem, wash the evil\par from your hearts.\par Make your hearts pure so you can be saved.\par Don’t continue making evil plans.\par

Ezekiel 38:10

The Lord my Master says these things: “At that time, an idea will come into your mind. You will begin to make an evil plan.

Matthew 15:19

All these bad things begin in a person’s mind: evil thoughts, murder, adultery, {\cf2\super [210]} sexual sins, stealing, lying, saying bad things against other people.

Matthew 9:4

Jesus knew they were thinking this. So Jesus said, “Why are you thinking such evil thoughts?

Mark 7:20

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

Mark 7:22

adultery, {\cf2\super [88]} greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people, proud boasting, and foolish living.

Luke 16:15

Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You make yourselves look good in front of people. But God knows what is really in your hearts. The things that people think are important are worth nothing to God.

Acts 5:4

Before you sold the field, it belonged to you. And even after you sold it, you could have used the money any way you wanted. Why did you think of doing this bad thing? You lied to God, not to us men!”

Acts 8:22

Change your heart! Turn away from this bad thing you have done. Pray to the Lord (God). Maybe he will forgive you for thinking this.

Romans 7:5

In the past, we were ruled by our sinful selves. The law made us want to do sinful things. And those sinful things we wanted to do controlled our bodies, so that the things we did were only bringing us spiritual death.

Romans 7:8

And sin found a way to use that command and make me want every kind of wrong thing. So sin came to me because of that command. But without the law, sin has no power.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and selfishly wanting more and more. This wanting really means to live serving a false god.

Titus 3:3

Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

James 2:4

What are you doing? You are making some people more important than others. With evil thoughts you are deciding which person is better.