20These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.


In Context

17 Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?

18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man.

19 For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

20 These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

21 And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my daughter is grieviously troubled by the devil.

Matthew 15:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:20These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:20These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:20these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:20these are the things which defile the man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:20these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man.