Matthew 15:20
these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 having come forth thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon,
Cross References
Matthew 23:25'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.
Luke 11:38and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
1 Corinthians 6:9have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,
Ephesians 5:3and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
Revelation 21:27and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but — those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.
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 →