Bible verse
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
Matthew 15:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 15.
16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
17 “Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
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.”
23 But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
KJV
These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
ASV
these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
ERV
these are the things which defile the man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
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