Matthew 15:20
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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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
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:16–17
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
Read in contextLuke 11:38–40
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
Read in contextEphesians 5:3–6
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:9–11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Read in contextMatthew 15:2
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:18–20
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
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