Mark 7:20

New American Bible - revised edition

“But what comes out of a person, that is what defiles.

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

My enemies say bad things against me: ‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’

Micah 2:1

Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile.

Matthew 4:4

He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”

Mark 7:15

Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” [

Mark 7:21

From within people, from their hearts, come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,

Mark 7:23

All these evils come from within and they defile.” The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith.

Hebrews 7:6

But he who was not of their ancestry received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had received the promises.

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire. It exists among our members as a world of malice, defiling the whole body and setting the entire course of our lives on fire, itself set on fire by Gehenna.

James 4:1

Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?