Matthew 15:2

New Living Translation

“Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.

Esther 3:3

Then the palace officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?”

Matthew 15:3

Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?

Mark 7:2

They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.

Mark 7:5

So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”

Luke 11:38

His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony required by Jewish custom.

Galatians 1:14

I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.

Colossians 2:8

Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.