Mark 7:20

New English Translation

He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him.

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.

Micah 2:1

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

Matthew 15:18

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Mark 7:15

There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

Mark 7:23

All these evils come from within and defile a person.”

Hebrews 7:6

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence – and is set on fire by hell.

James 4:1

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?