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Matthew 15:1-2
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 15:1-2
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Jesus Condemns The Pharisees For Obeying Their Traditions Instead of God’s Commands
15 Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 2 “For what reason are Your disciples transgressing the tradition of the elders? For they are not washing[a] their hands when they eat bread”.
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- Matthew 15:2 See Mark’s explanation of this in Mk 7:3-4.
Matthew 15:1-2
New International Version
Matthew 15:1-2
New International Version
That Which Defiles(A)
15 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(B)
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