Matthew 15:20

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

These are what really make a person unclean, but eating without doing n'tilat-yadayim does not make a person unclean."

Berean Standard Bible:

These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

These{G5023} are{G2076} the things which{G3588} defile{G2840} a man{G444}: but{G1161} to eat{G5315} with unwashen{G449} hands{G5495} defileth{G2840} not{G3756} a man{G444}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Mark 7:3

  • For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Mark 7:4

  • And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

1 Corinthians 6:9

  • ¶ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

1 Corinthians 6:11

  • And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Luke 11:38

  • And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

Luke 11:40

  • [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

Matthew 23:25

  • Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

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Commentary for Matthew 15:20

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: G5023
    There are 237 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ταῦτα
    Transliteration: taûta
    Pronunciation: tow'-tah
    Description: nominative or accusative case neuter plural of οὗτος; these things:--+ afterward, follow, + hereafter, X him, the same, so, such, that, then, these, they, this, those, thus.
  2. Strong's Number: G2076
    There are 812 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἐστί
    Transliteration: estí
    Pronunciation: es-tee'
    Description: third person singular present indicative of εἰμί; he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are:--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.
  3. Strong's Number: G3588
    There are 498 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma:
    Transliteration: ho
    Pronunciation: to
    Description: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
  4. Strong's Number: G2840
    There are 12 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: κοινόω
    Transliteration: koinóō
    Pronunciation: koy-no'-o
    Description: from κοινός; to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially):--call common, defile, pollute, unclean.
  5. Strong's Number: G444
    There are 614 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἄνθρωπος
    Transliteration: ánthrōpos
    Pronunciation: anth'-ro-pos
    Description: from ἀνήρ and (the countenance; from ὀπτάνομαι); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.
  6. Strong's Number: G1161
    There are 2556 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: δέ
    Transliteration:
    Pronunciation: deh
    Description: a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
  7. Strong's Number: G5315
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: φάγω
    Transliteration: phágō
    Pronunciation: fag'-o
    Description: a primary verb (used as an alternate of ἐσθίω in certain tenses); to eat (literally or figuratively):--eat, meat.
  8. Strong's Number: G449
    There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἄνιπτος
    Transliteration: ániptos
    Pronunciation: an'-ip-tos
    Description: from Α (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of νίπτω; without ablution:--unwashen.
  9. Strong's Number: G5495
    There are 171 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: χείρ
    Transliteration: cheír
    Pronunciation: khire
    Description: perhaps from the base of χειμών in the sense of its congener the base of χάσμα (through the idea of hollowness for grasping); the hand (literally or figuratively (power); especially (by Hebraism) a means or instrument):--hand.
  10. Strong's Number: G3756
    There are 1328 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: οὐ
    Transliteration: ou
    Pronunciation: ookh
    Description: a primary word; the absolute negative (compare μή) adverb; no or not:--+ long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also οὐ μή, μῆκος.