Matthew 15:2

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Luke 11:38

And when the Pharisee saw, he marveled that he did not first wash before dinner.

Mark 7:2

And having seen some of his disciples eating their loaves with profane hands, that is, unwashed, they accused them.

Colossians 2:8

Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,

Mark 7:5

Then the Pharisees and the scholars demand of him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?

Genesis 1:14

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.

Matthew 15:3

And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?

Galatians 1:14

And I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my race, being a more extreme zealot of my paternal traditions.

Esther 3:3

Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why do thou transgress the king's commandment?