Cross references

Mark 7:20

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

Mark 7:20 BSB

Mark 7:20 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 3:6 (11 votes) and James 1:14–15 (10 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Leviticus 15 to James 4.

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Which verses does Mark 7:20 point to?

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  1. James 3:611 votes

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

  2. But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

  3. James 4:19 votes

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  4. Mark 7:158 votes

    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.”

  5. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure. …

  6. Psalm 41:66 votes

    My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

  7. Micah 2:15 votes

    Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

  8. But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

Which verses point to Mark 7:20?

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