Matthew 15:20
These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
Bible in Basic English
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 Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
Luke 11:38And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
1 Corinthians 6:9Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
Ephesians 5:3But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
Revelation 21:27And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are 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 →