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,
Matthew 15:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do Your disciples transgress and violate the rules handed down by the elders of the past? For they do not practice [ceremonially] washing their hands before they eat. American Standard Version (1901) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. Common English Bible “Why are your disciples breaking the elders’ rules handed down to us? They don’t ritually purify their hands by washing before they eat.” Catholic Public Domain Version "Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. |
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,
Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, ‘Why do you disobey the king’s command?’
Jesus replied, ‘And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
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?’
But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
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.
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,