20 For he had said that it is what comes out of the man that defiles the man.
Mark 7:20 Cross References - EJ2000
Psalms 41:6
6 And if he came to see me, he spoke lies: his heart gathered iniquity to itself, and when he goes out, he tells it.
Micah 2:1
1 ¶ Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.
Matthew 12:34-37
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Mark 7:15
15 there is nothing from outside the man that entering into him can defile him, but the things which come out of him, those are what defile the man.
Hebrews 7:6
6 but he whose descent is not counted in those took tithes from Abraham and blessed him that had the promises.
James 1:14-15
James 3:6
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
James 4:1
1 ¶ Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? From here that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?