Matthew 15:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:14

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

Esther 3:3

Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king's command?”

Matthew 15:3

He answered them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Mark 7:2

they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed.

Mark 7:5

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?”

Luke 11:38

The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

Galatians 1:14

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

Colossians 2:8

See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,