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Matthew 15:20

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These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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  1. Mark 7:3–4Rank 1 from verse 20
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    3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

    4And 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.

  2. 1 Corinthians 3:16–17Rank 2 from verse 20
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    16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

    17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

  3. 1 Corinthians 6:18–20Rank 3 from verse 20
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    18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

    19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

    20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

  4. 1 Corinthians 6:9–11Rank 4 from verse 20
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    9Know 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,

    10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

    11And 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.

  5. Ephesians 5:3–6Rank 5 from verse 20
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    3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

    4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

    5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

    6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

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Matthew 15:20

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

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21¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

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