Matthew 15:20
These are they which defile a man; but if any one eat when his hands are not washed, he is not defiled.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 Jeshu went forth from thence, and came to the borders of Tsur and Tsaidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! who cleanse the outside of the cup and dish (which) within are full of rapine and injustice.
Luke 11:38But he, the Pharisha, when he saw him, wondered that he had not first washed before his dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or, know you not that the unjust the kingdom of Aloha cannot inherit? Do not err; neither fornicators, nor the servers of idols, nor adulterers, nor corrupters, nor liers with men, nor the oppressive,
Ephesians 5:3BUT fornication and all uncleanness and covetousness, let them not be even heard among you, as it becometh the saints;
Revelation 21:27and nothing shall enter into it that defileth, nor that worketh uncleanness; but they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
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 →