Matthew 15:3

New Century Version

Jesus answered, “And why do you refuse to obey God’s command so that you can follow your own teachings?

Cross References

Matthew 15:2

“Why don’t your followers obey the unwritten laws which have been handed down to us? They don’t wash their hands before they eat.”

Matthew 15:4

God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Anyone who says cruel things to his father or mother must be put to death.’

Mark 7:13

By your own rules, which you teach people, you are rejecting what God said. And you do many things like that.”

Colossians 2:23

They seem to be wise, but they are only part of a human religion. They make people pretend not to be proud and make them punish their bodies, but they do not really control the evil desires of the sinful self.

Colossians 2:8

Be sure that no one leads you away with false and empty teaching that is only human, which comes from the ruling spirits of this world, and not from Christ.

Titus 1:14

not accepting Jewish false stories and the commands of people who reject the truth.