Matthew 15:3
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
But hee answered, and said vnto them, Why doe you also transgresse the Commandement of God by your tradition?
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- Colossians 2:23Rank 1 from verse 3
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.
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.
- Titus 1:14Rank 2 from verse 3
- Colossians 2:8Rank 3 from verse 3
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:
- Mark 7:6–8Rank 4 from verse 3
6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
6He answered and said vnto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you Hypocrites, as it is written, *This people honoureth mee with their lips, but their heart is farre from me.
7Howbeit in vaine doe they worship me, teaching for doctrines, the commandements of men.
8For laying aside the Commandement of God, yee hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots, and cups: and many other such like things ye doe.
- Matthew 7:3–5Rank 6 from verse 3
3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
3*And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?
4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let mee pull out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beame out of thine owne eye: and then shalt thou see clearely to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.
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Matthew 15:3
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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transgress
To break or pass beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.
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commandment
Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The one true God.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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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
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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.
15:3But 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?
Selected passage15:4For 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.