Matthew 15:20

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These are the things that defile a person, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”

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  • Matt 15:2 : 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.
  • Mark 7:3-4 : 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.
  • Luke 11:38-40 : 38 But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not wash before the meal. 39 Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40 You fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?
  • 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
  • Eph 5:3-6 : 3 But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints. 4 Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 15:9-12
    4 verses
    86%

    9They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’

    10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

    11What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • Mark 7:18-21
    4 verses
    84%

    18And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not realize that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

    19For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then it goes out into the latrine." (In saying this, He declared all foods clean.)

    20And He continued, "What comes out of a person is what defiles him.

    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

  • Mark 7:15-16
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    84%

    15There is nothing outside a person that can defile him by going into him, but the things that come out of him are what defile him.

    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Matt 15:17-19
    3 verses
    82%

    17Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is expelled into the latrine?

    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

  • Matt 15:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

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

    3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

  • Mark 7:2-5
    4 verses
    80%

    2They saw some of His disciples eating bread with unclean, that is, unwashed hands, and they criticized them.

    3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands carefully, holding to the tradition of the elders.

    4And when they return from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They also observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.

    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"

  • Mark 7:23
    79%

    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.

  • Rom 14:20
    76%

    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things are indeed clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.

  • Lev 22:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5or touches any unclean crawling creature that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean by whatever means—

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat any of the holy things unless he has bathed in water.

  • Titus 1:15
    73%

    15To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Mark 7:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8You have abandoned the commandment of God and hold onto human traditions, including the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other similar things."

  • Luke 11:41
    73%

    41But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.'

  • Matt 23:26
    72%

    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

  • Lev 15:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries these items must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

    11Anyone touched by the man with the discharge who has not washed his hands must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 18:24
    71%

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Luke 11:38-39
    2 verses
    71%

    38But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not wash before the meal.

    39Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Lev 5:3
    71%

    3Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.

  • Num 19:20
    71%

    20But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  • Rom 14:14
    70%

    14I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.

  • Num 19:22
    70%

    22Anything that the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 15:27
    70%

    27Anyone who touches them will be unclean. They must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 17:16
    70%

    16But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will bear their guilt.

  • Col 2:22
    70%

    22which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings.

  • Luke 16:15
    69%

    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • Matt 15:21
    69%

    21Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

  • John 13:10
    69%

    10Jesus said to him, 'Whoever has bathed needs only to wash their feet, but is otherwise completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.'

  • Lev 18:27
    69%

    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

  • Lev 15:7
    69%

    7Anyone who touches the body of the man with the discharge must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 11:40
    69%

    40Anyone who eats from its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash their clothes and will be unclean until the evening.

  • Deut 14:10
    69%

    10But anything in the waters that does not have fins and scales, you are not to eat; it is unclean for you.

  • Lev 7:21
    69%

    21If anyone touches something unclean, whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.

  • Lev 11:34
    69%

    34Any food that could be eaten but has water from such a pot on it will be unclean, and any drink that could be drunk from such a pot will be unclean.