King James Version
What Does Mark 7:21 Mean?
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,”
Context
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Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
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And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
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For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: covetousness: Gr. covetousnesses, wickednesses
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All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**39. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass--**or "green hay"; the rank grass of those bushy wastes. For, as John (Joh 6:10) notes, "there was much grass in the place."
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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