Mark 7:22

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

20He continued, “It’s what comes out of a person that makes him unclean. 21Evil thoughts, sexual sins, stealing, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, cursing, arrogance, and foolishness come from within a person. 23All these evils come from within and make a person unclean.” 24Jesus left that place and went to the territory of Tyre. He didn’t want anyone to know that he was staying in a house there. However, it couldn’t be kept a secret.

Mark 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 15:9When the seventh year—the year when payments on debts are canceled—is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to the Lord about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.
• Deuteronomy 28:54Even the most tender and sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left.
• 1 Samuel 18:8Saul became very angry because he considered this saying to be insulting. “To David they credit tens of thousands,” he said, “but to me they credit ⌞only⌟ a few thousand. The only thing left for David is my kingdom.”
• Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the food of one who is stingy, and do not crave his delicacies.
• Proverbs 28:22A stingy person is in a hurry to get rich, not realizing that poverty is about to overtake him.
• Matthew 20:15Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’
• 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah was conceited, so he didn’t repay the Lord for his kindness. The Lord became angry with him, with Judah, and with Jerusalem.
• Psalms 10:4He turns up his nose ⌞and says⌟, “God doesn’t care.” His every thought ⌞concludes⌟, “There is no God.”
• Obadiah 1:3Your arrogance has deceived you. You live on rocky cliffs. You make your home up high. You say to yourself, ‘No one can bring me down to earth.’
• 2 Corinthians 10:5and all their intellectual arrogance that oppose the knowledge of God. We take every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ.
• 1 Peter 5:5Young people, in a similar way, place yourselves under the authority of spiritual leaders. Furthermore, all of you must serve each other with humility, because God opposes the arrogant but favors the humble.
• Proverbs 12:23A sensible person ⌞discreetly⌟ hides knowledge, but foolish minds preach stupidity.
• Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is firmly attached to a child’s heart. Spanking will remove it far from him.
• Proverbs 24:9Foolish scheming is sinful, and a mocker is disgusting to everyone.
• Proverbs 27:22If you crush a stubborn fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, ⌞even then⌟ his stupidity will not leave him.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25I turned my attention to study, to explore, and to seek out wisdom and the reason for things. I learned that wickedness is stupid and foolishness is madness.

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

• Blasphemy
• Commandments
• Covetousness
• Crime
• Deceit
• Depravity of Man
• Ecclesiasticism
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lasciviousness
• Sin
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

• Evil eye
• Abundance
• Covetousness
• Hold
• String
• Ablution
• Blasphemy
• Deceit
• Evil
• Fool; Folly

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