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Matthew 15:3

World English Bible

He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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Matthew 15:3 in other translations

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

Matthew 15:3 · American Standard Version

Matthew 15:3 in context

  1. 1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
  2. 2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
  3. 3He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
  4. 4For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
  5. 5But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”