Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile a man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
Twentieth Century 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
19for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts — murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.
21On going away from that place, Jesus retired to the country round Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
Luke 11:38The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
1 Corinthians 6:9Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God’s Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,
Ephesians 5:3As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ’s People,
Revelation 21:27‘Never shall any unhallowed thing enter it,’ nor he whose life is shameful and false, but only ‘those whose names have been 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 →