And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
Mark 7:20 - English Standard Version 2016 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He said, What comes out of a man is what makes a man unclean and renders [him] unhallowed. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man. Common English Bible “It’s what comes out of a person that contaminates someone in God’s sight,” he said. Catholic Public Domain Version "But," he said "the things which go out from a man, these pollute a man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man. |
And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
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.
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.
But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
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.”
For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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, and set on fire by hell.
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?