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Matthew 15:20
These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
Matthew 15:20 · Bible in Basic English
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Matthew 15:20 in other translations
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
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In context
17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste?
18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:
20 These are the things which make a man unclean; but to take food with unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.
21 And Jesus went away from there into the country of Tyre and Sidon.
22 And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.
23 But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.
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