Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
3"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
Cross References
Mark 7:2They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with `unclean' (that is to say, unwashed) hands.
Luke 11:38Now the Pharisee saw to his surprise that He did not wash His hands before breakfasting.
Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ and have escaped from the world's rudimentary notions, why, as though your life still belonged to the world, do you submit to such precepts as
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 →