Matthew 15:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Matt 15:2 : 2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire. 26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
  • Mark 7:3-4 : 3 Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them: 4 And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.
  • Luke 11:38-40 : 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself. 39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil. 40 O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
  • 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you? 17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men, 10 Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
  • 1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body. 19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves; 20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
  • Eph 5:3-6 : 3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints; 4 And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise. 5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 And nothing unclean may come into it, or anyone whose works are cursed or false; but only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.

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  • Matt 15:9-12
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    9 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

    10 And he got the people together and said to them, Give ear, and let my words be clear to you:

    11 Not that which goes into the mouth makes a man unclean, but that which comes out of the mouth.

    12 Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

  • Mark 7:18-21
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    18 And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,

    19 Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

    20 And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.

    21 Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

  • Mark 7:15-16
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    15 There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.

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  • Matt 15:17-19
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    17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?

    18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.

    19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

  • Matt 15:1-3
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    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

    2 Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

    3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

  • Mark 7:2-5
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    2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

    3 Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

    4 And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.

    5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

  • Mark 7:23
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    23 All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

  • Rom 14:20
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    20 Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

  • Lev 22:5-6
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    5 Or anyone touching any unclean thing which goes flat on the earth, or someone by whom he may be made unclean in any way whatever;

    6 Any person touching any such unclean thing will be unclean till evening, and may not take of the holy food till his flesh has been bathed in water;

  • Titus 1:15
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    15 To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

  • Mark 7:7-8
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    7 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

    8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

  • Luke 11:41
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    41 But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

  • Matt 23:26
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    26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

  • Lev 15:10-11
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    10 And anyone touching anything which was under him will be unclean till the evening; anyone taking up any of these things is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

    11 And anyone on whom the unclean man puts his hands, without washing them in water, is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24 Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

  • Luke 11:38-39
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    38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.

    39 And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil.

  • Lev 5:3
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    3 Or if he becomes unclean through touching unconsciously any unclean thing of man, whatever it may be, when it is made clear to him he will be responsible:

  • Num 19:20
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    20 But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.

  • Rom 14:14
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    14 I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

  • Num 19:22
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    22 Anything touched by the unclean person will be unclean; and any person touching it will be unclean till evening.

  • Lev 15:27
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    27 And anyone touching these things will be unclean, and his clothing will have to be washed and his body bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.

  • Lev 17:16
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    16 But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.

  • Col 2:22
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    22 (Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?

  • Luke 16:15
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    15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

  • Matt 15:21
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    21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.

  • John 13:10
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    10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

  • Lev 18:27
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    27 (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)

  • Lev 15:7
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    7 And anyone touching the flesh of the unclean man is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

  • Lev 11:40
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    40 And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.

  • Deut 14:10
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    10 But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

  • Lev 7:21
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    21 And anyone who, after touching any unclean thing of man or an unclean beast or any unclean and disgusting thing, takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 11:34
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    34 Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.