Matthew 15:2-6

Traditions and Commandments

² _g "Why do your disciples break _h the tradition of the elders? _j For 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, _k 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, _l '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," ₁ ⁶ he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have _m made void the word ₂ of God.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 9:11
   And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?
   
2. Cross References
   Galatians 1:14
   And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
   Colossians 2:8
   See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 11:38
   The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 20:12
   Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
   
5. Cross References
   Exodus 21:17
   Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
   
6. Cross References
   Exodus 20:12
   Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
   
7. Cross References
   Exodus 21:17
   Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
   
8. Cross References
   Galatians 3:17
   This is what I mean: the law, which came 430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to make the promise void.
   Romans 2:23
   You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.