Marco 7:21

21 Poichè di dentro, cioè, dal cuore degli uomini, procedono pensieri malvagi, adulterii, fornicazioni, omicidii, furti,

Marco 7:21 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:21

For from within, out of the heart of man
The inside of man is very bad, his inward part is not only wicked, but wickedness itself, yea, very wickedness, ( Psalms 5:9 ) , in him dwells no good thing naturally, his heart is wicked, and desperately so; it is full of evil; and out of the abundance of it, proceed the evil things hereafter mentioned; all its powers and faculties are vitiated, there is no place clean; the understanding and judgment are dreadfully corrupted; the mind and conscience are defiled; the affections are inordinate; not only the thought, but every imagination of the thought of the heart is evil, and that continually: what good thing therefore, can come out of such a Nazareth as this? Nothing, but what follows: for from hence

proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders;
which several things are related in Mt. 15:19 see the note on "Mt 15:19";
only the order here is a little different; "murders", which are here mentioned last, are there put after "evil thoughts".

Marco 7:21 In-Context

19 Poichè non gli entra nel cuore, anzi nel ventre, e poi se ne va nella latrina, purgando tutte le vivande.

20 Ma, diceva egli, ciò che esce dall’uomo è quel che lo contamina.

21 Poichè di dentro, cioè, dal cuore degli uomini, procedono pensieri malvagi, adulterii, fornicazioni, omicidii, furti,

22 cupidigie, malizie, frodi, lascivie, occhio maligno, bestemmia, alterezza, stoltizia.

23 Tutte queste cose malvagie escon di dentro l’uomo, e lo contaminano.