Matthew 15:20
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
KJV
ταῦτά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον· τὸ δὲ ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν φαγεῖν οὐ κοινοῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον.
Greek NT
hæc sunt, quæ coinquinant hominem. Non lotis autem manibus manducare, non coinquinat hominem.
Vulgate
these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.
ASV
These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κοινόω
koinoo
verb · 14×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
χείρ
cheir
noun · 175×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἄνιπτος
aniptos
adjective · 2×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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