Mark 7:23

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All these evils come from within and defile a person.

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  • 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.
  • Mark 7:18 : 18 And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
  • 1 Cor 3:17 : 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  • Titus 1:15 : 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 In the same way, these people also, relying on their dreams, defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious beings.

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  • Mark 7:14-22
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    88%

    14Then He called the crowd to Him and said, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

    15There 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.

    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

    17When He went into the house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him about the parable.

    18And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

    20And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

    22adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

  • Matt 15:17-20
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    17Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?

    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

    20These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

  • Matt 15:11
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    11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

  • Matt 12:33-35
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    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

    34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

    35The 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.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  • Mark 7:24
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    24And from there, He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know, but He could not remain hidden.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Matt 23:25-26
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    25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

  • Titus 1:15
    72%

    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Just then, in their synagogue, there was a man possessed by an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Matt 7:17-18
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    17In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.

    18A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

  • Luke 11:41
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    41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

  • Luke 11:39
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    39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Matt 12:45
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    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.

  • Lev 18:27
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    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

  • Mark 3:30
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    30He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."

  • Lev 5:3
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    3Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.

  • Luke 11:26
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    26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.

  • Matt 9:4
    69%

    4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?'

  • Mark 5:8
    69%

    8For Jesus had been saying to him, 'Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!'

  • Luke 11:24
    69%

    24When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places seeking rest but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

  • Jas 3:15
    69%

    15This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

  • Rom 7:17
    69%

    17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

  • Matt 23:28
    69%

    28So too, on the outside you appear righteous to people, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

  • Jer 17:9
    69%

    9The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20Surely there is no one righteous on earth who always does good and never sins.

  • Rom 7:19
    68%

    19For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

  • Job 14:4
    68%

    4Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.

  • 1 Cor 5:13
    68%

    13God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked person from among you.'

  • Jas 3:10
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    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

  • Rom 7:21
    68%

    21So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

  • Rom 1:29
    68%

    29They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

  • Gal 5:19
    68%

    19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,