Mark 7:20

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

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WEBBE

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

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.

ASV

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

BBE

And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.

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ἔλεγεν elegen He was saying G3004 δὲ de now G1161 ὅτι hoti that G3754 τὸ to That G3588 ἐκ ek out of G1537 τοῦ tou the G3588 ἀνθρώπου anthrōpou man G444 ἐκπορευόμενον ekporeuomenon going forth G1607 ἐκεῖνο ekeino that [is what] G1565 κοινοῖ koinoi defiles G2840 τὸν ton the G3588 ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon man G444

The early church

Thus then it is not meat that makes men unclean, but wickedness, which works in us the passions which come from within; wherefore it goes on: And he said, That which cometh out of a man, that defileth a man.

Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–23

Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.

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Matthew 15:18

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