Matthew 15:2
“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
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In Context
1Then the scribes and the Pharisees came to him from Jerusalem, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 1:14Then God said: “Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven. And let them divide day from night, and let them become signs, both of the seasons, and of the days and years.
Mark 7:2And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them.
Luke 11:38But the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself: “Why might it be that he has not washed before eating?”
Colossians 2:20So then, if you have died with Christ to the influences of this world, why do you still make decisions as if you were living in the world?
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 →