Matthew 15:20

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Matt 15:2 : 2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
  • Matt 23:25-26 : 25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
  • Mark 7:3-4 : 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
  • Luke 11:38-40 : 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner. 39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. 40 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?
  • 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
  • 1 Cor 6:9-9 : 9 Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God. 11 Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
  • 1 Cor 6:18-20 : 18 Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were 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 uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints; 4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks. 5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, 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 on the children of disobedience.
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
  • Rev 21:27 : 27 There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 15:9-12
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    86%

    9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

    10 He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.

    11 That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

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

  • Mark 7:18-21
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    84%

    18 He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,

    19 because it doesn't go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?"

    20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

    21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

  • Mark 7:15-16
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    84%

    15 There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

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

  • Matt 15:17-19
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    82%

    17 Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

    18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

    19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

  • Matt 15:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

    2 "Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."

    3 He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

  • Mark 7:2-5
    4 verses
    80%

    2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

    3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

    4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

    5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

  • Mark 7:23
    79%

    23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man."

  • Rom 14:20
    76%

    20 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

  • Lev 22:5-6
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    74%

    5 or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has;

    6 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water.

  • Titus 1:15
    73%

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

  • Mark 7:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'

    8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

  • Luke 11:41
    73%

    41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

  • Matt 23:26
    72%

    26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

  • Lev 15:10-11
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    72%

    10 Whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. He who carries those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

    11 "'Whoever he who has the discharge touches, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 18:24
    71%

    24 "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.

  • Luke 11:38-39
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    71%

    38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

    39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • Lev 5:3
    71%

    3 "'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.

  • Num 19:20
    71%

    20 But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  • Rom 14:14
    70%

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

  • Num 19:22
    70%

    22 "Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening."

  • Lev 15:27
    70%

    27 Whoever touches these 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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    16 But if he doesn't wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.'"

  • Col 2:22
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    22 (all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

  • Luke 16:15
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    15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • Matt 15:21
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    21 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

  • John 13:10
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    10 Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you."

  • Lev 18:27
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    27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

  • Lev 15:7
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    7 "'He who touches the body of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 11:40
    69%

    40 He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Deut 14:10
    69%

    10 and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

  • Lev 7:21
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    21 When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"

  • Lev 11:34
    69%

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