Matthew 15:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Matt 15:2 : 2 Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  • Mark 7:3-4 : 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands often, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables.
  • Luke 11:38-40 : 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. 40 Fools, did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
  • 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • 1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits fornication sins against his own body. 19 What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
  • Eph 5:3-6 : 3 But sexual immorality, and all impurity, or greed, let it not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse joking, which are not fitting: but rather giving of thanks. 5 For this you know, that no sexually immoral, unclean, 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 comes upon the children of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 And nothing unclean shall ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination or a lie: but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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  • Matt 15:9-12
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    86%

    9But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    10And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:

    11Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.

    12Then his disciples came and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

  • Mark 7:18-21
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    84%

    18And he said to them, Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

    19Because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, purging all foods?

    20And he said, What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.

    21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

  • Mark 7:15-16
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    15There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are what defile a man.

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

  • Matt 15:17-19
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    17Do you not yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the waste?

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

    19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

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

    2Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

    3But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

  • Mark 7:2-5
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    2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

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

    4And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables.

    5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

  • Mark 7:23
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    23All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

  • Rom 14:20
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    20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense.

  • Lev 22:5-6
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    5Or whoever touches any creeping thing, by which he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

    6The soul who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he washes his flesh with water.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Mark 7:7-8
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    7However, in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do.

  • Luke 11:41
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    41But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you.

  • Matt 23:26
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    26Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

  • Lev 15:10-11
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    72%

    10And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    11And whomever he touches that has the discharge, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 18:24
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    24Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.

  • Luke 11:38-39
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    38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

    39And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.

  • Lev 5:3
    71%

    3Or if he touches human uncleanness, whatever uncleanness it is that a man may be defiled with, and it is hidden from him; when he becomes aware of it, then he shall be guilty.

  • Num 19:20
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    20But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

  • Rom 14:14
    70%

    14I know and am convinced by the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

  • Num 19:22
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    22And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until evening.

  • Lev 15:27
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    27And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 17:16
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    16But if he does not wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • Col 2:22
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    22Which all concern things which perish with the using, according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

  • Luke 16:15
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    15And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

  • Matt 15:21
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    21Then Jesus went from there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

  • John 13:10
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    10Jesus said to him, He who is washed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all.

  • Lev 18:27
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    27For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

  • Lev 15:7
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    7And he that touches the body of him that has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 11:40
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    40And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Deut 14:10
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    10And whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.

  • Lev 7:21
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    21Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 11:34
    69%

    34Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.