Mark 7:20

In 9 translations

BSB

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

KJV

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

WEB

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

ASV

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

LSV

And He said, “That which is coming out from the man, that defiles the man;

YLT

And he said — 'That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

DBY

And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.

DRC

But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

GNV

Then he sayd, That which commeth out of man, that defileth man.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἔλεγεν δὲ ὅτι Τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκεῖνο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον·

RP2018

Ἔλεγεν δὲ ὅτι Τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον, ἐκεῖνο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

TR-Boyd

Ἔλεγε δὲ ὅτι Τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενον, ἐκεῖνο κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

SCR1894

ελεγεν δε οτι το εκ του ανθρωπου εκπορευομενον εκεινο κοινοι τον ανθρωπον

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Cross-references most cited first

• James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
• James 4:1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
• Mark 7:15Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
• Matthew 12:34–37You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil…
• Psalms 41:6My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Hebrews 7:6But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

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