Matthew 15:20
these are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.
Thomas Haweis 1795 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
21And going forth thence, Jesus retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and of the dish, but within they are full of rapacity and intemperance.
Luke 11:38But the Pharisee seeing it, marvelled, that he had not washed 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 effeminate, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 5:3But fornication and all impurity, or insatiable desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints;
Revelation 21:27And there shall no more enter into it any thing unclean, or that practises abomination and lying; but only those 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 →