Matthew 15:20
These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyrus and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.
Luke 11:38And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9Knowe yee not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God? Be not deceiued: neither fornicatours, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor wantons, nor buggerers,
Ephesians 5:3But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,
Revelation 21:27And there shall enter into it none vncleane thing, neither whatsoeuer woorketh abomination or lies: but they which are written in ye Lambes booke 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 →