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Matthew 15:2

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

World Messianic Bible

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 Pharisees and scribes came to Yeshua from Jerusalem, saying,

3He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:14God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;

Mark 7:2Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault.

Luke 11:38When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.

Colossians 2:20If you died with Messiah from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

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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