Mark 7:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers mischief; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Matthew 15:18

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man.

Matthew 4:4

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

Mark 7:15

there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him.”

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,

Mark 7:23

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

Hebrews 7:6

But this man who has not their genealogy received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.

James 4:1

What causes wars, and what causes fightings among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members?