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Matthew 15:20 KJV
Matthew · chapter 15 · verse 20
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.Matthew 15:20 · King James Version
Matthew 15:20 in context
18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22And, 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- unwashenaniptosunwashedG449 →
- defilekoinoōto make common, to make unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane, to declare or count…G2840 →
- handscheirby the help or agency of any one, by means of any one, fig. applied to God symbolising…G5495 →
- eatphágōto eat, to eat a thing, to take food, eat a meal, metaph. to devour, consumeG5315 →
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Christ having proved that the disciples, in eating with unwashen hands, were not to be blamed, as transgressing the traditions and injunctions of the elders, comes here to show that they were not to be blamed, as having done any thing that was in itself evil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20