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Mat 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matt 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Mat 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of NONE EFFECT by your tradition


This not only goes for the Saduccess and Pharesses back then (preachers religous men) It goes for the preachers now.

Answer 1

This dispute begins with the question of the Pharisees and scribes why Jesus' disciples are breaking the tradition of the elders about washing one's hands before eating (Matthew 15:2).

Jesus' counter-question accuses his opponents of breaking the commandment of God for the sake of their tradition (Matthew 15:3) and illustrates this by their interpretation of the Commandment concerning parents (Matthew 15:4-6).

Jesus denounces them as hypocrites and applies to them a derogatory prophecy of Isaiah (Matthew 15:7-8).

Then with a wider audience (the crowd, Matthew 15:10) he goes beyond the violation of tradition with which the dispute has started. The parable (Matthew 15:11) is an attack on the Mosaic law concerning clean and unclean foods.

After a warning to his disciples not to follow the moral guidance of the Pharisees (Matthew 15:13-14), he explains the parable (Matthew 15:15) to them, saying that defilement comes not from what enters the mouth (Matthew 15:17) but from the evil thoughts and deeds that rise from within, from the heart (Matthew 15:18-20).

The last verse returns to the starting point of the dispute (eating with unwashed hands).

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

Lemme get this straight...The disciplines didn't wash their hands before eating? And Jesus was okay with that?

Seems to me this is backwards.