Matthew 15:2

New English Translation

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

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

Esther 3:3

Then the servants of the king who were at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you violating the king’s commandment?”

Matthew 15:3

He answered them, “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Mark 7:2

And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

Mark 7:5

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”

Luke 11:38

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

Galatians 1:14

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

Colossians 2:8

Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,