Matthew 15:20
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These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

which.

1 Corinthians 3:16,17 Know you not that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? . . .

1 Corinthians 6:9-11,18-20 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers: . . .

Ephesians 5:3-6 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: . . .

Revelation 21:8,27 But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. . . .

but.

Matthew 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matthew 23:25,26 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness. . . .

Mark 7:3,4 For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients. . . .

Luke 11:38-40 And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner. . . .

Context
What Defiles a Man
19For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. 20These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man. 21And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon.…
Cross References
Matthew 15:19
For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Matthew 15:21
And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon.

Lexicon
These
ταῦτά (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

are
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

what
τὰ (ta)
Article - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

defile
κοινοῦντα (koinounta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 2840: To make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean. From koinos; to make profane.

a
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

man,
ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

eating
φαγεῖν (phagein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 5315: A primary verb; to eat.

with unwashed
ἀνίπτοις (aniptois)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 449: Unwashed, ceremonially unclean. Without ablution.

hands
χερσὶν (chersin)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5495: A hand.

does not defile
κοινοῖ (koinoi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2840: To make unclean, pollute, desecrate, mid: I regard (treat) as unclean. From koinos; to make profane.

[him].”
ἄνθρωπον (anthrōpon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.


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

These are the things defiling the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

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

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

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

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

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

These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."

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