Bible Strands
Mark 7:23
All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks privately to his disciples inside a house after leaving the crowd.
The words — The Greek terms ἔσωθεν (esōthen, “from within”) and ἐκπορεύεται (ekporeuetai, “go forth”) identify the internal origin of the moral corruptions listed in the preceding verse.
The thread — This statement echoes Mark 7:15’s teaching that external sources do not defile a person and parallels Titus 1:15’s distinction between purity and defilement based on inner condition.
Why it lands — The text asserts that moral corruption originates internally rather than from outside influences, requiring readers to examine their own inner motives instead of focusing on outward compliance.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Greek words
King James Version
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Cross-references
- Mark 7:15 Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
- Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- Mark 7:18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- Jude 1:8 Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.