Verse 20

And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 7:15 : 15 There is nothing outside a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of him are what defile him.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts?
  • Heb 7:6 : 6 But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Ps 41:6 : 6 My enemies speak evil of me, saying, 'When will he die, and his name perish?
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
  • Matt 12:34-37 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure. 36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.