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

17Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and slanderous statements. 20These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.” 21Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the region 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

• For out of the heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
• comeἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
• thoughtsδιαλογισμόςdialogismos · reasoningG1261
• murdersφόνοςphonos · murderG5408
• adulteryμοιχείαmoicheia · adulteryG3430
• immoralπορνείαporneia · sexual sinG4202
• theftsκλοπήklopē · theftG2829
• slanderousβλασφημίαblasphēmia · blasphemyG988

Cross-references for Matthew 15:19

• Genesis 6:5Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually.
• Genesis 8:21The Lord smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
• Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.
• Proverbs 6:14Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
• Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
• Proverbs 24:9The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to humanity.
• Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the hearts of people, come the evil thoughts, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, acts of adultery,
• Romans 3:10as it is written: “There is no righteous person, not even one;
• Romans 7:18For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.
• Romans 8:7because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,
• Galatians 5:19Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior,
• Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your offenses and sins,
• Matthew 9:4And Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?
• Psalms 119:113I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Your Law.
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked abandon his way, And the unrighteous person his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, And He will 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