Verse 2

`Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread.'

Referenced Verses

• Luke 11:38 : 38 and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.
• Col 2:8 : 8 See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,
• Col 2:20-23 : 20 If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? 21 -- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle -- 22 which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men, 23 which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body -- not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.
• 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,
• Mark 7:2 : 2 and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;
• Mark 7:5 : 5 Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'
• Gen 1:14 : 14 And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,