He answered, and said unto them: why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, thorow your traditions?
Matthew 15:2 - William Tyndale New Testament why do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the seniors? for they wash not their hands, when they eat bread. 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. |
He answered, and said unto them: why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, thorow your traditions?
And when they saw certain of his disciples eat bread with common hands (that is to say, with unwashen hands) they complained.
¶ Then asked him the pharises and scribes: why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the seniors, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
When the pharise saw that he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
and prevailed in the jewes' law, above many of my companions, which were of mine own nation, and was a much more fervently maintained the traditions of the elders.
¶ Beware lest any man come and spoil you thorow philosophy and deceitful vanity, thorow the traditions of men, and ordinances after the world, and not after Christ.
For as much as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers: