Covetousness, wickedness.—The Greek words for these are, like the preceding, in the plural, as pointing to the manifold forms in w…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: The Jews focus on and complain about only the bodily purification of the law; our Lord wishes to int…

The main force of this passage is the same as in v.15b: the source of uncleanness in anyone is the heart (Jeremiah 17:9), for that is w…

Thefts
These also are mentioned in Matthew, but Mark omits "false witnesses", and adds the following; which, excepti…

Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corr…