Matthew 15:20
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.
Revised King James 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
21Then Jesus went from there, and departed to the districts of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
Luke 11:38And the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that he had not first washed before dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexual offenders,
Ephesians 5:3But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or covetousness, must not even be named among you, as is befitting saints;
Revelation 21:27But nothing impure shall enter into it, nor shall any man who commits shameful acts, or who lies: but only those whose names 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 →