Mark 7:20
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But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man.

Mark 7:15 There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.

Psalm 41:6 And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

Hebrews 7:6 But he, whose pedigree is not numbered among them, received tithes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promises.

Micah 2:1 Make thee bald, and be polled for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle: for they are carried into captivity from thee.

Matthew 12:34-37 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. . . .

James 1:14,15 But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. . . .

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.

James 4:1 From whence are wars and contentions among you? Are they not hence, from your concupiscences, which war in your members?

Context
What Defiles a Man
19Because it entereth not into his heart but goeth into his belly and goeth out into the privy, purging all meats? 20But he said that the things which come out from a man, they defile a man. 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,…
Cross References
Matthew 4:4
Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

Matthew 15:18
But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.

Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Mark 7:23
All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

Lexicon
He continued:
Ἔλεγεν (Elegen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“What
Τὸ (To)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

comes
ἐκπορευόμενον (ekporeuomenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1607: From ek and poreuomai; to depart, be discharged, proceed, project.

out of
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

a
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man,
ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

that [is what]
ἐκεῖνο (ekeino)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

defiles
κοινοῖ (koinoi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2840: To make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean. From koinos; to make profane.

[him].
ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.


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

And He was saying, "That going forth out of the man, that defiles the man.

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

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

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

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

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

"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.

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

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