Matthew 15:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.””
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““Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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 · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 15:2 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Esther 3:3Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
- Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Mark 7:5So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
- Luke 11:38But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
- Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- Colossians 2:20If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
- 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
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