Matthew 15:2 - Tree of Life Version

² “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not do the ritual handwashing 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."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 15:2 Cross References

Genesis 1:14

Then God said, “Let lights in the expanse of the sky be for separating the day from the night. They will be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.

Esther 3:3

Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?”

Matthew 15:3

And answering, He said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:2

And they saw that some of His disciples were eating bread with unclean hands, that is, not washed.

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and Torah scholars questioned Yeshua, “Why don’t Your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders? Why do they eat bread with unwashed hands?”

Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Yeshua did not do the ritual handwashing before the meal.

Galatians 1:14

I was even advancing within Judaism beyond many my own age among my people, being a more extreme observer of my fathers’ traditions.

Colossians 2:8

See that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men and the basic principles of the world rather than Messiah.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors—not with perishable things such as silver or gold,