SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:23
Todas estas maldades de dentro salen, y contaminan al hombre.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 23. All these evil things come from within , etc..] All evil thoughts, words, and actions, take their rise from the inward parts of man; from his heart; which is sadly corrupted, and is the fountain from whence all these impure streams flow. And if these come from within, then not from without; they are not by imitation or are the mere effects of example in others: example may indeed, and often does, draw out the evil that is within; but it does not produce it there; if it was not there before, it could not draw it out from thence: and if all these evils come from within, then the inward part of man must be sinful and polluted, previous to the commission of these evil things; and from whence springs then that inward pollution? It is the fruit of original sin, of Adam's transgression; the consequence of which is, a corrupt nature, which is derived to all his posterity: for his nature being corrupted by sinning, and he having all human nature in him, the individuals of it could not be propagated by ordinary generation, without the pollution of sin cleaving to them; who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one, ( Job 14:4). Nor has there ever been any instance to the contrary, but the man Christ Jesus; whose human nature was holy, it not descending from Adam by ordinary generation; otherwise, all men, as David was, are shapen in iniquity, and conceived in sin, ( Psalm 51:5), and this is the source and spring of all sinful action, internal and external. And defile the man ; both soul and body; all the powers and faculties of the soul, and all the members of the body; or make a man common: these show him to be one of the common people, a very sinful man; as such were reckoned, and therefore are called emphatically, sinners: and are joined with publicans, who were esteemed the worst of sinners: from all which it appears, that sin in thought, word, and deed, is the defiling thing, and is what ought to be carefully avoided; and not meats, and the manner of eating them, provided moderation is used. Ver 24. And from thence he arose , etc..] From the land of Gennesaret, or from Capernaum, which was in it: and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon ; two cities of Phoenicia: not into them, but into the borders of them; into those parts of Galilee, which bordered on Phoenicia; (see Gill on Matthew 15:21). And entered into an house ; in some one of the towns, or cities, in those parts; which house might be, for the entertainment and lodging of strangers: and would have no man know it ; took all proper precaution as man, that nobody should know who, and where he was; that the, Gentiles, on whose borders he was, might not flock to him, which would create envy and disgust in the Jews: but he could not be hid ; he had wrought so many miracles in Galilee, and his fame was so much spread, and he had been seen, and was known by so many persons, that, humanly speaking, it was next to impossible, that he should be long unknown in such a place.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-23 - Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, an these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so doe a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites an passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to kee down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.
Greek Textus Receptus
παντα 3956 A-NPN ταυτα 5023 D-NPN τα 3588 T-NPN πονηρα 4190 A-NPN εσωθεν 2081 ADV εκπορευεται 1607 5736 V-PNI-3S και 2532 CONJ κοινοι 2840 5719 V-PAI-3S τον 3588 T-ASM ανθρωπον 444 N-ASM
