Matthew 15:20
These are things defiling the man. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
In Context
21And having gone out from there, Jesus departed into the regions of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.
Luke 11:38And when the Pharisee saw, he marveled that he did not first wash before dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,
Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or greed, shall not even be named among you as befits the sanctified,
Revelation 21:27And there will, no, not enter into it anything profane, and doing an abomination and a lie, since they are not written in the Lamb's book of life.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:11-21
What Defileth a Man. 10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead… Read the whole commentary →