(A) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders? for they [a]wash not their hands when they eat bread.

[b]But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

(B)For God hath commanded, saying, [c]Honor thy father and mother: (C)and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:2 Which they received of their ancestors from hand to hand, or their elders allowed, which were the governors of the Church.
  2. Matthew 15:3 Their wicked boldness, in corrupting the commandments of God, and that upon the pretence of godliness, and usurping authority to make laws, is here reproved.
  3. Matthew 15:4 By honor is meant all kinds of duties which children owe to their parents.

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