2"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"


In Context

1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"

3 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.'

Matthew 15:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do thy disciples trangress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2|Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:2'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:2Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.