Cross references
Matthew 15:20
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
Matthew 15:20 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Mark 7:3–4 (4 votes) and Matthew 15:2 (2 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Leviticus 11 to Revelation 21.
Which verses does Matthew 15:20 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Mark 7:3–44 votes
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.
- Matthew 15:22 votes
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Matthew 23:25–262 votes
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
- Luke 11:38–402 votes
But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal. Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. …
- 1 Corinthians 3:16–172 votes
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–112 votes
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. …
- 1 Corinthians 6:18–202 votes
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; …
- Ephesians 5:3–62 votes
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving. …
- Revelation 21:82 votes
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Revelation 21:272 votes
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Which verses point to Matthew 15:20?
The 10 strongest of 14.