Matthew 15:2 ““Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not…”

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

World English Bible

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

American Standard Version

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their hands when they eate bread.

Darby Translation

Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

Young's Literal Translation

'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

Bible in Basic English

Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.

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Cross references

“transgress”

Mark 7:2 Colossians 2:8 Colossians 2:20–23 Mark 7:5 1 Peter 1:18 Genesis 1:14

Mark 7:2 · BSB

and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

Colossians 2:8 · BSB

See 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 2:20–23 · BSB

If 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:

Mark 7:5 · BSB

So 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.”

1 Peter 1:18 · BSB

For 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,

Genesis 1:14 · BSB

And 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.

Also

Luke 11:38

Luke 11:38 · BSB

But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

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