Mark 7:20

The English Standar Version

And he said, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

Cross References

Psalm 41:6

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

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on 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 person.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, "It is written, " 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.' "

Mark 7:15

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him."[5]

Mark 7:21

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

Mark 7:23

All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."

Hebrews 7:6

But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life,[1] and set on fire by hell.[2]

James 4:1

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[1] are at war within you?[2]