Verse 2

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

Referenced Verses

• Luke 11:38 : 38 The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.
• Col 2:8 : 8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
• Col 2:20-23 : 20 If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” 22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings. 23 Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body– a wisdom with no true value– they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.
• 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,
• Mark 7:2 : 2 And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.
• Mark 7:5 : 5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him,“Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?”
• Gen 1:14 : 14 God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,