Mark 7:20

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

And Jesus said, “The things that make people wrong are the things that come from the inside.

Cross References

James 3:6

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

James 4:1

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

Mark 7:15

There is nothing people can put in their mouth that will make them wrong. People are made wrong by what comes from inside them.”

Micah 2:1

Trouble will come to those who make plans to sin. They lie on their beds making their evil plans. Then when the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do what they want.

Psalm 41:6

If they come to see me, they don’t say what they are really thinking. They come to gather a little gossip and then go to spread their rumors.

Hebrews 7:6

Melchizedek was not even from the tribe of Levi, but Abraham gave him a tenth of what he had. And Melchizedek blessed Abraham—the one who had God’s promises.

Matthew 4:4

Jesus answered him, “The Scriptures say, ‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive. Their lives depend on what God says.’” Deuteronomy 8:3

Matthew 15:18

But the bad things people say with their mouth come from the way they think. And that’s what can make people wrong.

Mark 7:21

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

Mark 7:23

These evil things come from inside a person. And these are the things that make people unacceptable to God.”