Matthew 15:2

Modern English Version

“Why do Your disciples violate the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons, and days, and years.

Esther 3:3

So the king’s servants tending the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you transgressing the king’s commandment?”

Matthew 15:3

But He answered them, “Why do you also violate the commandment of God by your tradition?

Mark 7:2

When they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, ritually unwashed hands, they found fault.

Mark 7:5

So the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”

Luke 11:38

When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before dinner.

Galatians 1:14

and progressed in Judaism above many of my equals in my own heritage, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Colossians 2:8

Beware lest anyone captivate you through philosophy and vain deceit, in the tradition of men and the elementary principles of the world, and not after Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

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