Matthew 15:2

First Nations Version

“Why do your followers not keep the traditions given by the elders and wash their hands before they eat?” they accused him.

Cross References

Luke 11:38

The Separated One (Pharisee) was upset that he did not ceremonially wash his hands before eating.

Mark 7:2

They noticed that some of his followers had not ceremonially washed their hands before eating the food.

Colossians 2:8

Make sure no one steals your faith from you with fine-sounding words spoken with hollow tongues. These people make up their own traditions as they follow the lying spirits of the ways of this world, instead of simply trusting in the Chosen One.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that the price to set you free was not paid with silver or gold or anything that can fade away. It was the lifeblood of the Chosen One, a spotless lamb with no defect, that set you free from empty ways handed down to you from your ancestors.

Mark 7:5

So the Separated Ones (Pharisees) and the scroll keepers asked him, “Why do your followers not walk in the traditions of the elders and ceremonially wash their hands before eating?”

Matthew 15:3

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) asked them, “How is it that you use your traditions to ignore the instructions given by the Great Spirit?