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Matthew 15:2

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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

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  1. Matthew 15:1

    Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

  2. Matthew 15:3

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

  3. Matthew 15:4

    For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.