Mat 15:2-9 | ESV | STEP | Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders ? For they do not wash their hands when they eat .

a[ch. 9:11]

b Gal. 1:14; Col. 2:8

c Luke 11:38

dCited from Ex. 20:12

eCited from Ex. 21:17

g Gal. 3:17 (Gk.); [Rom. 2:23]

i ch. 23:13

jCited from Isa. 29:13; [Ezek. 33:31]

k Col. 2:22; Titus 1:14

Matthew 15:2-9

2 ^a“Why do your disciples break ^bthe tradition of the elders? ^cFor they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ^d‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ^e‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ^{▼▼Or is an offering} 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^gmade void the word ^{▼▼Some manuscripts law} of God. 7 ⁱYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ^j“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^kdoctrines the commandments of men.’”