Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Transgress
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Bible References
Transgress
Mark 7:2
They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands.
Colossians 2:8
Take care lest any man drag you away captive by his philosophy which is a vain deceit, following the traditions of men and the world's crude notions, and not Christ.
1 Peter 1:18
For you well know that not with perishable things, with silver or gold, were you redeemed from the emptiness of your manner of life, received by tradition from your ancestors;
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Matthew 23:24
"You blind guides! who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
Mark 7:5
So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with 'common' unwashed hands?"