Matthew 15:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat! ”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for festivals and for days and years.

Esther 3:3

The members of the royal staff at the King’s Gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command? ”

Matthew 15:3

He answered them, “And why do you break God’s commandment because of your tradition?

Mark 7:2

They observed that some of His disciples were eating their bread with unclean — that is, unwashed — hands.

Mark 7:5

Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean hands? ”

Luke 11:38

When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that He did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner.

Galatians 1:14

I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Colossians 2:8

Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elemental forces of the world, and not based on Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from the fathers, not with perishable things like silver or gold,