Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, while within they are full of rapine and wickedness.
Luke 11:38And the Pharisee noticing him, wondered that he did not previously baptize before dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or do ye not know, that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not mistake; neither whoremongers, nor idol-worshippers, nor adulterers, nor debauchers, nor liers with males,
Ephesians 5:3But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints;
Revelation 21:27And there shall not enter it, any thing polluted, or that practiseth impurity and falsehood; but they who are registered 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 →