Matthew 15:20 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

Harmony of the Gospels

Cross References

  • Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
  • Matthew 23:25–26 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. …
  • Mark 7:3–4 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. …
  • Luke 11:38–40 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. …
  • 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? …

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Topics

  • Commandments Of men
  • Ecclesiasticism Traditional rules of the Jewish
  • Heart Unclassified scriptures descriptive of the seat of the affections
  • Jesus, the Christ He justifies his disciples in eating without washing their hands (at Capernaum)
  • Sin Unclassified scriptures relating to, defining and illustrating

Timeline

Greek and Strong’s

  • These Ταῦτά Tauta Pronoun · nominative neuter plural ταῦτα taûta
  • are ἐστιν estin Verb · present active indicative, third person singular ἐστί estí
  • which τὰ ta ὁ Pronoun · nominative neuter plural
  • defile κοινοῦντα koinounta κοινόω Verb · present active participle, nominative neuter plural
  • a man τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon ἄνθρωπος Noun · accusative masculine singular
  • but τὸ to Pronoun · nominative neuter singular δὲ de δέ Conjunction
  • to eat φαγεῖν phagein Verb · aorist active infinitive φάγω phágō
  • with unwashen ἀνίπτοις aniptois ἄνιπτος Adjective · dative feminine plural
  • hands χερσὶν chersin χείρ Noun · dative feminine plural
  • defileth κοινοῖ koinoi κοινόω Verb · present active indicative, third person singular
  • not οὐ ou οὐ Adverb
  • a man τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular ἄνθρωπον anthrōpon ἄνθρωπος Noun · accusative masculine singular

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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