Matthew 15:19-20

What Defiles a Person

¹⁹ For out of the heart come _b evil thoughts, _c murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, _d slander. ²⁰ _e These are what defile a person. But _f to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone."

1. Cross References
   James 2:4
   Have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 5:22
   But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
   Matthew 5:28
   But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
   Exodus 20:13 - 16
   You shall not murder.
   
3. Cross References
   Ephesians 4:31
   Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
   Colossians 3:8
   But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
   1 Timothy 6:4
   He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 6:9 - 10
   Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality.
   
5. Cross References
   Mark 7:2
   They saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
   Mark 7:5
   And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?