Matthew 15:20
these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
Literal Standard 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 Jesus having come forth from there, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.
Luke 11:38and the Pharisee having seen, wondered that He did not first immerse Himself before the early meal.
1 Corinthians 6:9Have you not known that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 5:3and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, do not let it even be named among you, as is proper to holy ones;
Revelation 21:27and there may never enter into it anything defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, if not those written in the Lamb’s Scroll 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 →