Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
Family 35 New Testament
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
21Going out from there Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!! Because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of plunder and injustice.
Luke 11:38But the Pharisee, noticing that He did not first wash before the meal, was critical.
1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 5:3But, you should not even talk about fornication or any form of moral corruption or insatiableness (as is fitting for saints);
Revelation 21:27But anything ‘common’ or anyone perpetrating an abomination or a lie will absolutely not enter her; only those 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 →