Matthew 15:2

New International Version

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,

Esther 3:3

Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?”

Matthew 15:3

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:2

and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.

Mark 7:5

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

Luke 11:38

But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

Galatians 1:14

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,