Matthew 15:2
“Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.”
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.
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Related Verses
“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”
“These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.”
“And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.”
“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
“But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.”