Matthew 15:2

2 "Why is it that your talmidim break the Tradition of the Elders? They don't do n'tilat-yadayim before they eat!"

Matthew 15:2 In-Context

1 Then some P'rushim and Torah-teachers from Yerushalayim came to Yeshua and asked him,
2 "Why is it that your talmidim break the Tradition of the Elders? They don't do n'tilat-yadayim before they eat!"
3 He answered, "Indeed, why do you break the command of God by your tradition?
4 For God said, `Honor your father and mother,' and `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
5 But you say, `If anyone says to his father or mother, "I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you,"
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