Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile a man; to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man."
Montgomery 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
21Jesus then left that place, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess.
Luke 11:38And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. None who are immoral, or idolaters, or adulterers, or catamites, or sodomites,
Ephesians 5:3As for sexual vice and every kind of impurity or lust, it is unbecoming for you as Christians even to mention them;
Revelation 21:27There will not enter it anything profane, Nor any who work abominations and a lie; But 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 →