Matthew 15:3

But, he, answering, said unto them—Wherefore do, ye also, transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

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

4For, God, said—Honour thy father and thy mother, and—He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die!

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Cross References

Matthew 7:3Why, moreover, beholdest thou the mote, in the eye of thy brother,—while, the beam in thine own eye, thou dost not consider?

Mark 7:13cancelling the word of God by your tradition which ye have delivered. And, many such similar things, are ye doing!

Colossians 2:23The which things, indeed, though they have, an appearance, of wisdom, in self-devised religious observance, and lowliness of mind, [and] ill-treatment of body, are, in no honourable way, unto a satisfying of 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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