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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.

Context of Matthew 15:19

17Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? 18But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone." 21And Jesus went away from there and 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• outἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• of the heartὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• proceedἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• thoughtsδιαλογισμόςdialogismos · reasoningG1261
• murdersφόνοςphonos · murderG5408
• adulteriesμοιχείαmoicheia · adulteryG3430
• fornicationsπορνείαporneia · sexual sinG4202
• theftsκλοπήklopē · theftG2829
• false witnessψευδομαρτυρίαpseudomarturia · false testimonyG5577
• blasphemiesβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988

Cross-references for Matthew 15:19

• Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
• Genesis 8:21And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
• Proverbs 4:23Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
• Proverbs 6:14with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
• Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Proverbs 24:9The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
• Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
• Romans 3:10as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;
• Romans 7:18For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
• Romans 8:7For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.
• Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
• Matthew 9:4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
• Psalms 119:113I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
• Isaiah 55:7let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly 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

In the dictionaries

• Capernaum
• Commandment
• Continue
• Draught
• Fill
• Release
• Sin
• Teach
• Tradition
• Truth

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