Matthew 15:3
1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
5 But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
- KJV
- But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- WEB
- He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
- ASV
- And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
- DARBY
- But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
- BLB
- And answering, He said to them, “Why also do you⁺ transgress the commandment of God because of your⁺ tradition?
- ÅB
- Men han svarte og sa til dem: «Hvorfor bryter dere Guds bud for å følge tradisjonene deres?
- OTB
- Jesus svarte: "Og hvorfor bryter dere Guds bud for deres tradisjons skyld?
- B1930
- Men han svarte og sa til dem: Og I, hvorfor bryter I Guds bud for eders vedtekts skyld?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 2:23
Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.
Read in contextTitus 1:14
and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
Read in contextColossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
Read in contextMark 7:6–8
Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Read in contextMatthew 7:3–5
Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
Read in contextMark 7:13
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
Read in context