Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles not the man.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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, going forth from thence, withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess.
Luke 11:38And the Pharisee, seeing it, wondered that he did not first immerse himself before dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becomes saints,
Revelation 21:27And there shall not enter into it any thing unclean, or that works abomination or falsehood; but they who are 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 →