New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 15:20
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These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
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These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
KJV text & permissions
These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
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These are the things defiling the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Matthew 15
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.
20 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.”
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