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 ate their food with their hands 'defiled,' by which they meant unwashed.
Colossians 2:8
Take care there is not some one who will carry you away by his 'philosophy'--a hollow sham!--following, as it does, mere human traditions, and dealing with puerile questions of this world, and not with Christ.
1 Peter 1:18
For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were Ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors,
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Matthew 23:24
You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
Mark 7:5
So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question--"How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?"