Matthew 15:2

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

"How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."

Cross References

Matthew 15:3

His reply was: "How is it that you on your side break God's commandments out of respect for your own traditions?

Mark 7:2

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed.

Mark 7:5

So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question--"How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?"

Luke 11:38

The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.

Galatians 1:14

And how, in my devotion to Judaism, I surpassed many of my contemporaries among my own people in my intense earnestness in upholding the traditions of my ancestors.

Colossians 2:8

Take care there is not some one who will carry you away by his 'philosophy'--a hollow sham!--following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.

1 Peter 1:18

For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were Ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors,