Mark 7:20

James Moffatt - New Testament

"No," he said, "it is what comes from a man, that is what defiles him.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, the tongue proves a very world of mischief among our members, staining the whole of the body and setting fire to the round circle of existence with a flame fed by hell.

James 4:1

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

Mark 7:15

nothing outside a man can defile him by entering him; it is what comes from him that defiles him.

Hebrews 7:6

but he who had no Levitical genealogy actually tithed Abraham and blessed the possessor of the promises!

Matthew 4:4

He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God."

Matthew 15:18

while what comes out of the mouth comes from the heart — and that is what defiles a man.

Mark 7:21

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder,

Mark 7:23

all these evils issue from within and they defile a man."