Matthew 15:2
“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem approached Jesus, saying,
Cross References
Mark 7:2Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with ceremonially unclean, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.
Luke 11:38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before the meal.
Colossians 2:20If you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you submit to 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 →