Matthew 15:2
“How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food.”
Open English Bible (US)
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In Context
1Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came to Jesus, and said,
Cross References
Genesis 1:14Then God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the night from the day. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, the days, and the years.
Mark 7:2They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands ‘defiled,’ by which they meant unwashed.
Luke 11:38The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
Colossians 2:20Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as if you still belonged to 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 →