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Matthew 15:2
Matthew 15:2 is verse 2 of Matthew chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
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.”
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Matthew 15:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.”
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.
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:
Colossians 2:21“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
Colossians 2:22These will all perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings.
Colossians 2:23Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
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,