Leviticus 15:5

15:5 Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

Matthew 15:19-20

15:19 For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 15:20 These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person.”

Mark 7:21-23

7:21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 7:22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. 7:23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.”


tn Heb “And a man who touches in his bed”; NLT “touch the man’s bedding.”

tn Heb “he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening” (cf. also vv. 6-8, 10-11, etc.).

tn Grk “but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”