11 translations · Greek
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
Mark 7:21 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
- KJV King James Version
- For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- ASV American Standard Version
- For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- It's from the inside, from people's minds, that evil thoughts come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
- DBY Darby Translation
- For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔσωθεν | esōthen | within | G2081 ἔσωθεν inwardly |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίας | kardias | hearts | G2588 καρδία heart |
| τῶν | tōn | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀνθρώπων | anthrōpōn | of men | G444 ἄνθρωπος a human |
| οἱ | hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| διαλογισμοὶ | dialogismoi | thoughts | G1261 διαλογισμός reasoning |
| οἱ | hoi | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κακοὶ | kakoi | evil | G2556 κακός evil/harm: evil |
| ἐκπορεύονται | ekporeuontai | come | G1607 ἐκπορεύω to depart |
| πορνεῖαι | porneiai | sexual immorality | G4202 πορνεία sexual sin |
| κλοπαί | klopai | theft | G2829 κλοπή theft |
| φόνοι | phonoi | murder | G5408 φόνος murder |
| μοιχεῖαι | moicheiai | adultery | G3430 μοιχεία adultery |
Related verses
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
- Romans 8:7–8
because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be. Those who are in the flesh can’t please God.
- James 4:1–3
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? You lust, and don’t have. You murder and covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask. You ask, and don’t receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
- Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
- Galatians 5:19–21
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Ezekiel 38:10
“‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “It will happen in that day that things will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
- Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
- Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Matthew 9:4
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
- James 2:4
haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?”
20 He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Read all of Mark 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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