Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples keep transgressing the tradition of the elders by not washing their hands before eating?"
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then some Scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
3"And why do you also keep transgressing the command of God by your tradition?" he asked.
Cross References
Mark 7:2They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.
Luke 11:38And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
Colossians 2:20If you died with Christ to the world’s rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men -
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 →