Matthew 15:2
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their handes when they eat bread.
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- Luke 11:38Rank 1 from verse 2
- Colossians 2:20–23Rank 3 from verse 2
20Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
20Wherefore if yee bee dead with Christ frō the ‖rudiments of the world: why, as though liuing in the world, are ye subiect to ordinances?
21(Touch not, taste not, handle not:
22Which all are to perish with the vsing) after the commandements and doctrines of men:
23Which things haue in deed a shew of wisedome in will-worship and humilitie, and ‖neglecting of the body, not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
- Colossians 2:8Rank 4 from verse 2
8Beware 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.
8Beware lest any man spoile you through Philosophie and vaine deceit, after the tradition of men, after the ‖rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
- 1 Peter 1:18Rank 6 from verse 2
18Forasmuch 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;
18For as much as ye know that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as siluer and golde, from your vaine conuersation receiued by tradition from your fathers;
- Genesis 1:14Rank 7 from verse 2
14¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
14¶ And God said, Let there bee *lights in the firmament of the heauen, to diuide †the day from the night: and let them be for signes and for seasons, and for dayes and yeeres.
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Matthew 15:2
Learners or followers who receive instruction.
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transgress
To break or pass beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.
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Teaching or practice handed down from one to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.
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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.
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15:1THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
15:1¶ Then *came to Iesus Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Hierusalem, saying,
15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
15:2Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their handes when they eat bread.
Selected passage15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
15:3But hee answered, and said vnto them, Why doe you also transgresse the Commandement of God by your tradition?
15:4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:4For God commaunded, saying, *Honour thy father and mother: And *hee that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
15:5But yee say, Whosoeuer shall say to his father or his mother, * It is a gift by whatsoeuer thou mightest bee profited by me,
15:6And 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.
15:6And honour not his father or his mother, hee shall be free. Thus haue yee made the Commaundement of God of none effect by your tradition.
15:7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
15:7Yee hypocrites, well did Esaias prophecie of you, saying,
15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:8*This people draweth nigh vnto mee with their mouth, and honoureth mee with their lips: but their heart is farre from me.
15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
15:9But in vaine they do worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men.