Mark 7:20

Modern English Version

And He said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

And if he comes to see me, he speaks vain words; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who conceive wickedness, to those who devise evil on their beds! At morning’s light they execute it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Matthew 15:18

But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man.

Matthew 4:4

But He answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’ ”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing from outside a man that by entering him can defile him. But the things which come out of the man are what defile him.

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, fornication, murder,

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

Hebrews 7:6

But this man, whose descent is not numbered among them, received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

James 4:1

Where do wars and fights among you come from? Do they not come from your lusts that war in your body?