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Mark 7:21 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verse 21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,Mark 7:21 · King James Version
Mark 7:21 in context
19Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
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Key words (Strong's)
- fornicationsporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- adulteriesmoicheiaadulteryG3430 →
- thoughtsdialogismosthe thinking of a man deliberating with himself, a thought, inward reasoning, purpose…G1261 →
- proceedekporeuomaito go forth, go out, depart, metaph., to come forth, to issue, to proceed, of feelings…G1607 →
- withinesōthenfrom within, within, that which is within, the inside, your soulG2081 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
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One great design of Christ's coming, was, to set aside the ceremonial law which God made, and to put an end to it; to make way for which he begins with the ceremonial law which men had made, and added to the law of God's making, and discharges his disciples from the obligation of that;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23