Thematic Bible: Legislates in later times
Thematic Bible
Government » Mosaic » Legislates in later times
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat.
Verse Concepts
Well did Esaias prophecy concerning you, saying, This people approach me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the injunctions of men.
And there were gathered unto Him the pharisees, and some of the scribes, from Jerusalem; and when they saw some of his disciples eating with impure (that is, unwashed) hands, they found fault: for the pharisees, and indeed all the Jews, do not eat till they have washed their hands thoroughly, observing the tradition of the ancients.