Matthew 15:20
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
- KJV
- These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
- WEB
- These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
- ASV
- these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
- DARBY
- these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.
- BLB
- These are the things defiling the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
- ÅB
- Det er dette som gjør mennesket urent. Men å spise med uvaskede hender gjør ikke mennesket urent.»
- OTB
- Dette er hva som virkelig gjør et menneske urent; men å spise med uvaskede hender gjør dem ikke urene."
- B1930
- Dette er det som gjør mennesket urent; men å ete med uvaskede hender gjør ikke mennesket urent.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 7:3–4
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:16–17
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Read in contextLuke 11:38–40
But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
Read in contextEphesians 5:3–6
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.
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
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.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:9–11
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,
Read in contextMatthew 15:2
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:18–20
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.
Read in context