Matthew 15:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “Why do Your taught ones transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Why do Your disciples transgress and violate the rules handed down by the elders of the past? For they do not practice [ceremonially] washing their hands before they eat.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Common English Bible

² “Why are your disciples breaking the elders’ rules handed down to us? They don’t ritually purify their hands by washing before they eat.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

Matthew 15:2 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And Elohim said, “Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and appointed times, and for days and years,

Esther 3:3

And the sovereign’s servants who were in the sovereign’s gate said to Mordeḵ

Matthew 15:3

But He answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim because of your tradition?

Mark 7:2

And seeing some of His taught ones eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

Mark 7:5

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your taught ones not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

Luke 11:38

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that He did not first wash before dinner.

Galatians 1:14

And I progressed in Yehuḏ

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one makes a prey of you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary matters of the world, and not according to Messiah.

1 Peter 1:18

knowing that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or gold,