King James Version
Matthew 15:19 in the King James Version says “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”
Matthew 15:19 · KJV
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“out of”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“the heart”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
“thoughts”
G1261discussion, i.e., (internal) consideration (by implication, purpose), or (external) debate
“evil”
G4190hurtful, i.e., evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from g2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from g455
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