Matthew 15:1 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹ Then some Pharisees and experts in the Law of Moses came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEN FROM Jerusalem came scribes and Pharisees and said,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

Common English Bible

¹ Then Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Then the scribes and the Pharisees came to him from Jerusalem, saying:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ THEN came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:

Matthew 15:1 Cross References

Matthew 23:2

saying, “The experts in the Law of Moses and the Pharisees teach by the authority of Moses.

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you people, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven unless what you do that is right excels what the experts in the Law of Moses and the Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] do that is right.

Mark 3:22

And the experts in the Law of Moses who had come down from Jerusalem were saying [Note: This followed the incident of Jesus healing a man with an evil spirit. See Matt. 12:22-28], “He has Beelzebub [in him],” and “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits.”

Luke 5:17

And it happened on one of those days [in Capernaum. See Mark 2:1], as Jesus was teaching, that some Pharisees [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion] and teachers of the Law of Moses, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem, were sitting around [i.e., listening to Him]. And the power of the Lord was with Him, enabling Him to heal people.

Luke 5:21

Then the experts in the Law of Moses and the Pharisees began to reason [in their minds], saying, “Who is this man who speaks things against God [i.e., by claiming the ability to forgive sins]? Who can forgive sins except God only?”

Luke 5:30

Now the Pharisees and their experts in the Law of Moses complained to Jesus’ disciples, saying, “Why do you men eat and drink with tax collectors and worldly people?”

John 1:19

And this is the testimony John [the Immerser] gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” [Note: Levites were men who assisted the priests in the Temple service].

Acts 23:9

A loud commotion developed [in the Council meeting]. Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses who belonged to the Pharisee party stood up and argued, saying, “We can find nothing wrong with this man. What if an angel or spirit did speak to him?”

Acts 25:7

When Paul appeared, the [Jewish] leaders who had accompanied Festus down from Jerusalem gathered around him and brought many serious charges against him, which they were not able to prove.