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Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

In Context

1Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem approached Jesus saying:

3So in answer He said to them: “Why do you even transgress the commandment of God through your tradition?

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Cross References

Mark 7:2And upon seeing some of His disciples eating bread with ‘unclean’—that is, ceremonially unwashed—hands, they found fault.

Luke 11:38But the Pharisee, noticing that He did not first wash before the meal, was critical.

Colossians 2:20Now then, since you died with Christ away from the basic principles of the world, why, as though still living in it, are you subjecting yourselves 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 →

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