Matthew 15:2

Good News Translation

“Why is it that your disciples disobey the teaching handed down by our ancestors? They don't wash their hands in the proper way before they eat!”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;

Esther 3:3

The other officials in the royal service asked him why he was disobeying the king's command;

Matthew 15:3

Jesus answered, “And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching?

Mark 7:2

They noticed that some of his disciples were eating their food with hands that were ritually unclean—that is, they had not washed them in the way the Pharisees said people should. (

Mark 7:5

So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law asked Jesus, “Why is it that your disciples do not follow the teaching handed down by our ancestors, but instead eat with ritually unclean hands?”

Luke 11:38

The Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus had not washed before eating.

Galatians 1:14

I was ahead of most other Jews of my age in my practice of the Jewish religion, and was much more devoted to the traditions of our ancestors.

Colossians 2:8

See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know what was paid to set you free from the worthless manner of life handed down by your ancestors. It was not something that can be destroyed, such as silver or gold;