Mark 7:23

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

KJV

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

ASV

all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.

BBE

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

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πάντα panta All G3956 ταῦτα tauta these G3778 τὰ ta (the) G3588 πονηρὰ ponēra evils G4190 ἔσωθεν esōthen from within G2081 ἐκπορεύεται ekporeuetai go forth G1607 καὶ kai and G2532 κοινοῖ koinoi it defiles G2840 τὸν ton the G3588 ἄνθρωπον.¶ anthrōpon man G444

The early church

An evil eye, that is, hatred and flattery, for he who hates turns an evil and envious eye on him whom he hates, and a flatterer, looking askance at his neighbour's goods, leads him into evil; blasphemies, that is, faults committed against God; pride, that is, contempt of God, when a man ascribes the good, which he does, not to God, but to his own virtue; foolishness, that is, an injury against one's neighbour.

Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

(non occ. sed v. Summa 2, 2. Qu. 46. 1. et 1, 2. Qu. 1, 1) Or, foolishness consists in wrong thoughts concerning God; for it is opposed to wisdom, which is the knowledge of divine things. It goes on, All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. For whatsoever is in the power of a man, is imputed to him as a fault, because all such things proceed from the interior will, by which man is master of his own actions.

Glossa Ordinaria · d. 1274Catena 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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