Matthew 15:20 “These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not d…”

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

World English Bible

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

American Standard Version

these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

Geneva Bible 1599

These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.

Darby Translation

these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

Young's Literal Translation

these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

Bible in Basic English

These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.

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Cross references

“which”

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 1 Corinthians 6:18–20 Ephesians 5:3–6 Revelation 21:8 Revelation 21:27 1 Corinthians 3:16

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 · BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

1 Corinthians 6:18–20 · BSB

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

Ephesians 5:3–6 · BSB

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

1 Corinthians 3:16 · BSB

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

“but”

Matthew 15:2 Luke 11:38–40 Matthew 23:25 Matthew 23:26 Mark 7:3 Mark 7:4

Matthew 15:2 · BSB

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Luke 11:38–40 · BSB

But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

Matthew 23:25 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 23:26 · BSB

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

Mark 7:3 · BSB

Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

Mark 7:4 · BSB

And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

21Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

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