Mark 7:20 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

²⁰ "It is what comes out from a man," he added, "that defiles him,

³⁴ You brood of vipers! how can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips. ³⁵ A good man, from his good stores, produces good things; while an evil man, from his evil stores, produces evil things. ³⁶ I tell you that for every careless thing that men say, they must answer on the 'Day of Judgment.' ³⁷ For it is by your words that you will be acquitted, and by your words that you will be condemned."

¹⁵ There is nothing external to a man, which by going into him can 'defile' him; but the things that come out from a man are the things that defile him."

⁶ But Melchizedek, although not of this lineage, received tithes from Abraham, and gave his blessing to the very man who had God's promises.

¹⁴ A man is in every case tempted by his own passions--allured and enticed by them. ¹⁵ Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.

⁶ And the tongue is like a spark. Among the members of our body it proves itself a very world of mischief; it contaminates the whole body; it sets the wheels of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by the flames of the Pit.

¹ What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?