Mark 7:21

Mark 7:21 Meaning and Explanation

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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Jesus begins the inventory: from within, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders.

What Does Mark 7:21 Mean?

Now the door of the heart is opened and its traffic named. Evil thoughts head the list — the inner reasonings and schemings in which the deeds that follow are first drafted. After them come three that destroy persons and households: adultery, fornication, murder.

The order itself teaches: thought precedes act, and the heart composes what the hands perform. That is why guarding the heart is the first work of holiness (Proverbs 4:23) — and why the renewal of the heart is the deep gift Christ offers: not a trimming of behavior, but a change at the spring.

Mark 7:21 in the Original Language

dialogismos (διαλογισμός), 'thoughts' -- inner reasonings and deliberations.

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What does Mark 7:21 mean?

Jesus begins the inventory: from within, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders.

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