Matthew 15:2
'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem — scribes and Pharisees — saying,
Cross References
Genesis 1:14And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
Mark 7:2and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands — that is, unwashed — eating bread, they found fault;
Luke 11:38and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
Colossians 2:20If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?
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 →