King James Version (KJV)
Mark 7:20
“And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›”
Verse in context — Mark 7
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And he saith unto them, ‹Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man,› [it] ‹cannot defile him;›
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‹Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?›
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And he said, ‹That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.›
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‹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,›
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‹Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:›
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