Parallel Verses

NET Bible

For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

International Standard Version

because it's from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

A Conservative Version

For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,

An Understandable Version

For from within, out of people's hearts, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, extramarital affairs,

Anderson New Testament

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the purposes which are evil: adulteries, lewd actions, murders,

Bible in Basic English

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

Common New Testament

For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil thoughts, fornications, theft, murder, adultery,

Daniel Mace New Testament

for from within, from the heart of man proceed wicked designs, adulteries, fornications, murders; thefts,

Darby Translation

For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Godbey New Testament

For within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Goodspeed New Testament

For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery,

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

For within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil reflections, adulteries, fornications, murders,

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

For from within, from the heart of people, come evil plans, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder,

Moffatt New Testament

From within, from the heart of man, the designs of evil come: sexual vice, stealing, murder,

Montgomery New Testament

From within, from the heart of man, proceed evil purposes??22 fornication, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, wantonness, envy, slander, arrogance, reckless folly??23 all these wicked things issue from within and defile a man."

New Heart English Bible

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

Noyes New Testament

For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, fornications,

Sawyer New Testament

for from within, from the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, fornications,

The Emphasized Bible

For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth, - fornications, thefts,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For from within out of the heart of men proceed wicked reasonings, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

Twentieth Century New Testament

For it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that there come evil thoughts--unchastity, theft, murder, adultery,

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,

Williams New Testament

for from the inside, that is, from the hearts of men, designs for doing evil come, sexual immorality, stealing, murder,

World English Bible

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

for out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts,

Youngs Literal Translation

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ἔσωθεν 
Esothen 
Usage: 4

out
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

of the heart
καρδία 
Kardia 
Usage: 116

of men
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

ἐκπορεύομαι 
Ekporeuomai 
proceed, go out, go, come, depart, go forth, , vr go forth
Usage: 22

κακός 
Kakos 
Usage: 46

διαλογισμός 
Dialogismos 
Usage: 11

μοιχεία 
Moicheia 
Usage: 2

πορνεία 
Porneia 
Usage: 21

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Mark 7:21

References

Context Readings

Defilement From Within

20 He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:9

The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

Genesis 6:5

But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.

Job 14:4

Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one!

Job 15:14-16

What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

Psalm 14:1

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

Psalm 14:3

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

Psalm 53:1

For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

Psalm 53:3

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

Psalm 58:2-3

No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

Isaiah 59:7

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

Jeremiah 4:14

"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

Ezekiel 38:10

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Matthew 9:4

When Jesus saw their reaction he said, "Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

Matthew 23:25-28

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Luke 16:15

But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight.

Acts 5:4

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"

Acts 8:22

Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.

Romans 7:5

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death.

Romans 7:8

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Romans 8:7-8

because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

Titus 3:3

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

James 2:4

If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

James 4:1-3

Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you?

1 Peter 4:2-3

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

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