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Matthew 15:2

1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
KJV
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
WEB
“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
ASV
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
DARBY
Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
BLB
“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they shall eat bread.”
ÅB
«Hvorfor bryter disiplene dine tradisjonene fra de gamle? For de vasker jo ikke hendene før måltider.»
OTB
"Hvorfor bryter disiplene dine de gamles tradisjon? De vasker ikke hendene før de spiser."
B1930
Hvorfor bryter dine disipler de gamles vedtekt? de vasker jo ikke sine hender når de holder måltid.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Mark 7:2

    And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

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  • Luke 11:38

    And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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  • Colossians 2:8

    Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

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  • Colossians 2:20–23

    Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

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  • Mark 7:5

    Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

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  • 1 Peter 1:18

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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