Matthew 15:20
These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
Cross References
Matthew 23:25"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Luke 11:38Now the Pharisee saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting.
1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that unrighteous men will not inherit God's Kingdom? Cherish no delusion here. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor any who are guilty of unnatural crime,
Ephesians 5:3But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.
Revelation 21:27And no unclean thing shall ever enter it, nor any one who is guilty of base conduct or tells lies, but only they whose names stand recorded 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 →