11 translations · Greek
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
Matthew 15:19 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
- KJV King James Version
- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, slanders:
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For what comes from the mind are evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and blasphemy
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
- DBY Darby Translation
- For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| γὰρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| τῆς | tēs | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίας | kardias | heart | G2588 καρδία heart |
| ἐξέρχονται | exerchontai | come | G1831 ἐξέρχομαι to go out |
| διαλογισμοὶ | dialogismoi | thoughts | G1261 διαλογισμός reasoning |
| πονηροί | ponēroi | evil | G4190 πονηρός evil/bad |
| φόνοι | phonoi | murder | G5408 φόνος murder |
| μοιχεῖαι | moicheiai | adultery | G3430 μοιχεία adultery |
| πορνεῖαι | porneiai | sexual immorality | G4202 πορνεία sexual sin |
| κλοπαί | klopai | theft | G2829 κλοπή theft |
| ψευδομαρτυρίαι | pseudomartyriai | false testimony | G5577 ψευδομαρτυρία false testimony |
| βλασφημίαι | blasphēmiai | [and] slander | G988 βλασφημία blasphemy |
Related verses
- Mark 7:21–23
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
- 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.
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
- Titus 3:2–6
to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men. For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, …
- James 1:13–15
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
- Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
- Genesis 6:5
Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
- Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Romans 3:10–19
As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.” …
- Psalm 119:113
I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
21 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Read all of Matthew 15 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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