Matthew 15:19

Matthew 15:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
• New International Version (NIV)For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

Context of Matthew 15:19

17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. 20These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.” 21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15:19 word by word

ἐκ γὰρ τῆς καρδίας ἐξέρχονται διαλογισμοὶ πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι.Read the interlinear

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• comeἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• thoughtsδιαλογισμόςdialogismos · reasoningG1261
• murderφόνοςphonos · murderG5408
• adulteryμοιχείαmoicheia · adulteryG3430
• sexual immoralityπορνείαporneia · sexual sinG4202
• theftκλοπήklopē · theftG2829
• false testimonyψευδομαρτυρίαpseudomarturia · false testimonyG5577
• slanderβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988

Cross-references for Matthew 15:19

• Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
• Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
• Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
• Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Proverbs 24:9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
• Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
• Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
• Romans 3:10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
• Romans 7:18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
• Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
• Matthew 9:4But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
• Psalms 119:113The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Commentaries on Matthew 15:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Out of the heart - In the heart of an unregenerate man, the principles and seeds of all sin are found. And iniquity is always conceived in the heart before it be spoken or acted. Is there any hope that a man can abstain from outward sin till his heart, that abominable fountain of corruption, be thoroughly cleansed? I trow not. Evil thoughts - , wicked dialogues - for in all evil surmisings the heart holds a conversation, or dialogue, with itself. For…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 See also Mark 7:17-23. Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable - See the notes at Matthew 13:3. The word “parable” sometimes means a dark or obscure saying, Psalm 78:2. Peter meant, “Explain to us more fully this obscure and novel doctrine.” To us, now, it is plain; to the disciples, just coming out of Judaism, the doctrine of Jesus was obscure. Mark says that the disciples asked him. There is no contradiction…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing will last in the soul but the regenerating graces of the Holy Spirit; and nothing should be admitted into the church but what is from above; therefore, whoever is offended by a plain, seasonable declaration of the truth, we should not be troubled at…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20Jesus accused the Pharisees of disobeying God's law because of their focus on preserving traditions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts--"evil reasonings"; referring here more immediately to those corrupt reasonings which had stealthily introduced and gradually reared up that hideous fabric of tradition which at length practically nullified the unchangeable principles of the moral law. But the statement is far broader than this; namely that the first shape which the evil that is in the heart takes, when it begins actively to stir, is that of…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 15:19

• Adultery
• Blasphemy
• Commandments
• Crime
• Depravity of Man
• Ecclesiasticism
• False Teachers
• Heart
• Homicide
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sin
• Teachers
• Theft and Thieves
• Tradition

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Commentaries on Matthew 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings