Matthew 15:2
Why do thy disciples transgresse the traditions of the elders? for they washe not their handes when they eate bread.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were come from Hierusalem, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God sayde: let there be lyghtes in the firmament of the heauen, that they may deuide the day and the nyght, and let them be for signes, & seasons, and for dayes, and yeres.
Mark 7:2And whe they sawe some of his disciples eate bread with common [that is to say, with vnwasshen] hands, they founde fault.
Luke 11:38When the pharisee sawe it, he marueyled that he had not first wasshed before dynner.
Colossians 2:20Wherfore, yf ye be dead with Christe from ye rudimentes of the world: why, as though lyuyng in the worlde, are ye led with traditions,
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 →