Matthew 15:2
Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.
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1Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:
Mark 7:2And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
Luke 11:38And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
Colossians 2:20If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:2-10
Jesus Reproves the Scribes and Pharisees. 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his… Read the whole commentary →