21 For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come-sexual immorality, theft, murder,
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
21 obscenities, lusts, thefts, murders, adulteries,
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
21 For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
22 Thefts, covetousness,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
22 greed, depravity, deceptive dealings, carousing, mean looks, slander, arrogance, foolishness -
22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
(Read Mark 7:14-23)
Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 7:21
Commentary on Mark 7:14-23
(Read Mark 7:14-23)
Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.