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Mark 7:21-23 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verses 21–23
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.Mark 7:21-23 · King James Version
Mark 7:21-23 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.
24And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
25For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
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Key words (Strong's)
- lasciviousnessaselgeiaunbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness…G766 →
- fornicationsporneiaillicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse…G4202 →
- covetousnesspleonexiagreedy desire to have more, covetousness, avariceG4124 →
- adulteriesmoicheiaadulteryG3430 →
- wickednessponēriadepravity, iniquity, wickedness, malice, evil purposes and desiresG4189 →
- blasphemyblasphēmiaslander, detraction, speech injurious, to another s good name, impious and reproachful…G988 →
- 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 →
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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