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Mark 7:23 KJV
Mark · chapter 7 · verse 23
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.Mark 7:23 · King James Version
Mark 7:23 in context
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withinesōthenfrom within, within, that which is within, the inside, your soulG2081 →
- defilekoinoōto make common, to make unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane, to declare or count…G2840 →
- comeekporeuomaito 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