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Matthew 15:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Matthew 15:20

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18 But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

20 These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

21 Jesus went out from there and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”

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Mark 7:15

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"There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man."

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Mark 7:20

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"He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man."

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Romans 14:20

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"Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating."

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Numbers 19:22

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"“Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.”"

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Leviticus 7:21

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"When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’”"

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Leviticus 18:24

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"“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled."

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Matthew 15:1

"Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,"

Matthew 15:2

"“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”"

Matthew 15:3

"He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?"

Matthew 15:4

"For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’"

Matthew 15:5

"But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”"

Matthew 15:6

"he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition."

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