Matthew 15:3

He answered and sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundment of God thorowe youre tradicions?

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

In Context

2why do thy disciples transgresse the tradicions of the elders? for they wesshe not their hondes when they eate breed.

4For God commaunded sayinge: honoure thy father and mother and he that cursseth father or mother shall suffer deeth.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:3Why seist thou a moote in thy brothers eye and perceavest not the beame that ys yn thyne awne eye.

Mark 7:13makinge the worde of God of none effecte through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thinges ye do.

Colossians 2:23which thinges have the similitude of wisdome in chosen holynes and humblenes and in that they spare not the body and do the flesshe no worshype vnto his nede.

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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