Matthew 15:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Matt 7:3-5 : 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
  • Mark 7:6-8 : 6 And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. 7 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men. 8 Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
  • Mark 7:13 : 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:
  • Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; [but are] not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.

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    5And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

    6And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

    7But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

    8Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

    9And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

    10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

    11but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God] ;

    12ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

    13making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

  • Matt 15:1-2
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    1Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

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

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    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

    5But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ;

    6he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

    7Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Mark 10:3
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    3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

  • Matt 15:9-10
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    9But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

    10And he called to him the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

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    2and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

    3(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

  • Mark 3:3-4
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    3And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.

    4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

  • Luke 14:3
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    3And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?

  • Luke 20:2-3
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    2and they spake, saying unto him, Tell us: By what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?

    3And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:

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    24And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

  • Matt 23:3
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    3all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

  • Luke 6:2-3
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    2But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

    3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read even this, what David did, when he was hungry, he, and they that were with him;

  • Mark 10:5
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    5But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

  • Mark 3:33
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    33And he answereth them, and saith, Who is my mother and my brethren?

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    2But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.

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    28and they said unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee this authority to do these things?

    29And Jesus said unto them, I will ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

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    18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why make ye trial of me, ye hypocrites?

  • Mark 3:30
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    30because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

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    20these are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not the man.

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    19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

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    12Then came the disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?

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    20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother.

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    16And he asked them, What question ye with them?

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