Matthew 15
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Matthew 15:2-6

2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’1 and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’2 5But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ 6he need not honor his father or mother with it.3 Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9 ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 15:6 NE and TR (see also Mark 7:12); literally he need not honor his father or mother; SBL, NA, WH, and BYZ do not include or mother. ↩

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