Matthew 15:2
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
Luke 11:38But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
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 →