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“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

But He answered and said to them, “And why do you transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

“For God has commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and mother. And the one who curses father or mother, let him die the death.’

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“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(A)

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a](B) and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
  2. Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9