EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Mark 7:22
22They have sex with another man's wife. They are greedy. They are cruel to other people. They deceive people. They live like wild animals. They are jealous of other people. They say bad things about other people. They are proud and foolish.
Mark 7:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- New International Version (NIV)adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
- English Standard Version (ESV)coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
Context of Mark 7:22
20Jesus then said, ‘People become unclean because of what comes out from them, not because of what goes in. 21Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result they do wrong things. They have sex in wrong ways. They rob people. They murder people. They have sex with another man's wife. They are greedy. They are cruel to other people. They deceive people. They live like wild animals. They are jealous of other people. They say bad things about other people. They are proud and foolish. 23All these wrong things begin inside people's minds and then they come out. That is what makes them unclean.’ 24Jesus left that place. He went away to the region around Tyre. He went into a house. He did not want anyone to know that he was there. But it was not possible to keep this a secret.
Read all of Mark 7Mark 7:22 word by word
μοιχεῖαι, πλεονεξίαι, πονηρίαι, δόλος, ἀσέλγεια, ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός, βλασφημία, ὑπερηφανία, ἀφροσύνη·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Theftsκλοπήklopē · theftG2829
- covetousnessπλεονεξίαpleonexia · greedinessG4124
- wickednessπονηρίαponēria · evilG4189
- deceitδόλοςdolos · deceitG1388
- lasciviousnessἀσέλγειαaselgeia · debaucheryG766
- anὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
- evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
- blasphemyβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988
- prideὑπερηφανίαhuperēphania · prideG5243
- foolishnessἀφροσύνηaphrosunē · foolishnessG877
Cross-references for Mark 7:22
- Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to think this wicked thought: ‘The seventh year will happen soon. That is the year when I must forgive people's debts. So I will not lend money to people at this time.’ Do not be cruel like that to another Israelite who is poor. Do not refuse to lend him anything. He might complain about you to the Lord. Then the Lord would say that you are guilty of a sin.
- Deuteronomy 28:54Even the best and kindest man among you will turn against his brother. He will turn against the wife that he loves and against his children who are still alive.
- 1 Samuel 18:8Saul did not like this song. He became very angry. He thought, ‘The women say that David has killed tens of thousands of men. But they say that I have only killed thousands of men. They will soon want David to be their king.’
- Proverbs 23:68. Do not go and eat a meal with someone who hates to spend his money. His food may be good, but do not be greedy for it.
- Proverbs 28:22Greedy people hurry to become rich. They do not know that they will soon be poor.
- Matthew 20:15It is my money. I can choose what to do with it. I want to be kind to people and give them more than we agreed. Does that make you upset?” ’
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah did not thank the Lord for the kind thing that he had done for him. The king was too proud to do that. So the Lord became angry with him, and with the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
- Psalms 10:4Wicked people are too proud to worry about God. They think, ‘God will not give me any trouble.’
- Obadiah 1:3You think that you are better than other people. And so you believe something that is not true. You live in a place that is difficult to reach. Your home is high up in a place among rocks. You say to yourself, “Nobody can reach us up here.”
- 2 Corinthians 10:5People may speak proud ideas that stop other people from knowing God. We show that those ideas are completely wrong. We change the way that people think, so that they want to obey Christ.
- 1 Peter 5:5I want to say the same thing to you who are young men. You must respect the authority of the leaders. All of you who are believers must respect one another. Do not think that you are more important than other people. The Bible says: ‘God is against proud people. But he is kind to humble people.’
- Proverbs 12:23Careful people keep quiet about how much they know. But foolish people show everyone how silly they are.
- Proverbs 22:15Children love to do foolish things. To stop them, you must warn and punish them.
- Proverbs 24:9If you decide to do something foolish, that is a sin. People hate anyone who laughs at others.
- Proverbs 27:22Even if you beat a fool with a big stick, as hard as you beat grain, you will never remove all his silly ideas.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I decided to study many things so that I would become wise. I wanted to understand the reason why things happen. I also wanted to know why it is stupid to be wicked, and why it is crazy to do foolish things.
Commentaries on Mark 7:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-23Verses 1-23 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 7:1 Came from Jerusalem - Probably to observe his conduct, and to find matter of accusation against him. Mark 7:2 Defiled hands - The hands were considered defiled or polluted unless they were washed previous to every meal. Mark 7:3 Except they wash their hands oft - Our word “oft” means frequently, often. The Greek wore translated oft has been rendered various ways. Some have said that it means…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-22These verses list 13 things that truly make a person unclean (morally impure). These actions and wrong desires come from the heart (a person’s inner thoughts and intentions).Read the comment
Topics related to Mark 7:22
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Mark 7
- 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
EasyEnglish Bible 2018 — Copyright © MissionAssist 2018
Commentaries