Matthew 15:3

And he answering said to them, And why do you transgress the command of God, by your tradition?

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread?

4For God commanded, saying “Honour thy father and thy mother:” and, He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:3And why spiest thou out the mote which is in thy brother’s eye, yet payest no attention to the beam which is in thine own eye?

Mark 7:13abrogating the word of God by the tradition, which ye have transmitted down; and many such like things ye do.

Colossians 2:23Which things indeed hold forth an appearance of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and bodily mortification, though not of any value, but a gratification to the flesh.

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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