Matthew 15:19

Easy To Read Version

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.

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.

Psalm 119:113

Lord, I hate people who are not\par completely loyal to you.\par But I love your teachings.\par

Proverbs 22:15

Children do foolish things. But if you punish them, they will learn not to do those things.

Proverbs 24:9

The things that a foolish person plans to do are sin. People hate a person who thinks he is better than other people.

Proverbs 4:23

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

Proverbs 6:14

That person is a troublemaker. He is always planning to do something bad. He makes trouble everywhere.

Isaiah 55:7

Evil people should stop living evil lives.\par They should stop thinking bad thoughts.\par They should come to the Lord again.\par Then the Lord will comfort them.\par Those people should come to the Lord\par because our God forgives.\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 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

Numbers 22:29

Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made me look foolish. If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

Matthew 15:20

These things make a person wrong. But not washing his hands before he eats does not make a person wrong.”

Matthew 5:28

But I tell you that if a person looks at a woman and wants to sin sexually with her, then that person has already done that sin with the woman in his mind.

Matthew 9:4

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

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 7:18

Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is not spiritual. I want to do the things that are good. But I don’t do those things.