Bible verses about "cleanliness" | Goodspeed

² They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to purify them. ³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews observe the rules handed down from their ancestors, and will not eat until they have washed their hands in a particular way, ⁴ and they will not eat anything from the market without first purifying it by sprinkling it, and they have a number of other observances which have come down to them, in the way of washing cups, pitchers, and basins. ⁵ And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not observe the rules handed down by our ancestors, but eat food without purifying their hands?" ⁶ But he said to them, "It was about you hypocrites that Isaiah prophesied so finely, in the words, " 'This people honor me with their lips, Yet their hearts are far away from me. ⁷ But their worship of me is all in vain, For the lessons they teach are but human precepts.' ⁸ "You give up what God has commanded and hold fast to what men have handed down. ⁹ "How skilful you are," he said to them, "in nullifying what God has commanded in order to observe what has been handed down to you. ¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and again, 'Whoever abuses his father or mother must be put to death.' ¹¹ But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Anything of mine that might have been of use to you is Korban," ' that is, consecrated to God, ¹² you let him off from doing anything more for his father or mother, ¹³ and so you nullify what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many such practices." ¹⁴ He called the people to him again and said to them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand this. ¹⁵ Nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him. It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him." ¹⁶ OMITTED TEXT ¹⁷ When he had left the crowd and gone home, his disciples asked him what he meant by this figure. ¹⁸ And he said to them, "Have not even you any understanding then? Do you not see that nothing that goes into a man from outside can pollute him, ¹⁹ since it does not go into his heart but into his stomach and then is disposed of?" So he declared all food clean. ²⁰ He went on to say, "It is what comes out of a man that pollutes him. ²¹ For it is from inside, from men's hearts, that designs of evil come; immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, ²² greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, abusiveness, arrogance, folly— ²³ all these evils come from inside, and they pollute a man." ²⁴ You must not judge so externally; you must judge justly!"

¹⁷ So when a man knows what is right and fails to do it, he is guilty of sin.

⁸ Now, brothers, let your minds dwell on what is true, what is worthy, what is right, what is pure, what is amiable, what is kindly—on everything that is excellent or praiseworthy.

²⁶ You blind Pharisee! You must first clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may be clean too.

⁸ "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God!

¹ So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

⁷ But if we live in the light, just as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

⁹ If we acknowledge our sins, he is upright and can be depended on to forgive our sins and cleanse us from everything wrong.