20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

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20 And he said, (A)“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, (B)murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, (C)sensuality, (D)envy, (E)slander, (F)pride, (G)foolishness. 23 (H)All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

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20 And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities,(A) thefts, murders,(B) 22 adulteries,(C) greed,(D) evil actions, deceit,(E) self-indulgence,(F) envy,[a] slander,(G) pride,(H) and foolishness.(I) 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a person.”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:22 Or evil eye

20 And He was saying, (A)That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, [a]fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, 22 deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, [b](B)envy, slander, [c]pride and foolishness. 23 All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:21 I.e. acts of sexual immorality
  2. Mark 7:22 Lit an evil eye
  3. Mark 7:22 Or arrogance