Verse 20

And he said, What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

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  • Mark 7:15 : 15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are what defile a man.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • Jas 4:1 : 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members?
  • Heb 7:6 : 6 But he whose genealogy is not counted from them received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin: and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
  • Ps 41:6 : 6 And if he comes to see me, he speaks vain things; his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Matt 12:34-37 : 34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.