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.

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Bible References

Transgress

Mark 7:2
They had noticed that some of His disciples were in the habit of eating their meals without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to make them clean.
Colossians 2:8
Take care that nobody captures you by the idle fancies of his so-called philosophy, following human tradition and the world's crude notions instead of Christ.
1 Peter 1:18
because you know that you have not been ransomed with things that perish as silver or gold, from the futile way of living taught by your fathers,

General references

Matthew 23:24
You blind leaders, who are straining out the gnat but gulping down the camel!
Mark 7:5
And so the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why is it that your disciples do not practice the customs handed down from our forefathers, but eat their meals without purifying their hands?"