King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 15:20
“‹These are› [the things] ‹which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 15
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‹But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.›
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‹For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:›
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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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Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
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And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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