Matthew 15:1

THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying,

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

In Context

2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:2saying, The scribes and Pharisees are seated on the chair of Moses;

Mark 3:22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He hath Beelzebub, and by this prince of the devils doth he cast out devils.

Luke 5:17And on a certain day it happened that he was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees, and doctors of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord for healing them was exercised.

Luke 5:30And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 15:1

In this chapter, we have our Lord Jesus, as the great Prophet teaching, as the great Physician healing, and as the great Shepherd of the sheep feeding; as the Father of spirits instructing them; as the Conqueror of Satan dispossessing him; and as concerned for the bodies of his people, providing for them. Here is, I. Christ's discourse with the scribes and Pharisees about human traditions and injunctions, ver. 1-9 . II. His discourse with the multitude, and with his disciples, concerning the things that defile a… Read the whole commentary →

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