3Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?


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.'

5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,'

Matthew 15:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:3But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:3And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3But he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:3And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3But he answered and said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3He answered them, |Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:3And he answering said to them, 'Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:3But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?