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Text -- Matthew 15:1-16 (NET)
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Breaking Human Traditions
15:1 Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said ,
15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders ? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat .”
15:3 He answered them , “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition ?
15:4 For God said , ‘Honor your father and mother ’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death .’
15:5 But you say , ‘If someone tells his father or mother , “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God ,”
15:6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition .
15:7 Hypocrites ! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said ,
15:8 ‘This people honors me with their lips , but their heart is far from me ,
15:9 and they worship me in vain , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .’”
True Defilement
15:10 Then he called the crowd to him and said , “Listen and understand .
15:11 What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth ; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person .”
15:12 Then the disciples came to him and said , “Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended ?”
15:13 And he replied , “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted .
15:14 Leave them ! They are blind guides . If someone who is blind leads another who is blind , both will fall into a pit .”
15:15 But Peter said to him , “Explain this parable to us .”
15:16 Jesus said , “Even after all this, are you still so foolish ?
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Tradition |
Jesus, The Christ |
Ecclesiasticism |
JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 |
Capernaum |
ABLUTION |
DIVORCE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Matthew, Gospel according to |
Commandments |
Pharisees |
Sin |
Teachers |
UNCLEANNESS |
Hypocrisy |
LAW IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
SCRIBES |
Government |
TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE |
Mother |
Quotations and Allusions |
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NET Notes: Mat 15:1 The participle λέγοντες (legontes) has been translated as a finite verb so that its telic (i.e., final or conc...
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NET Notes: Mat 15:6 Here Jesus refers to something that has been set aside as a gift to be given to God at some later date, but which is still in the possession of the ow...
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NET Notes: Mat 15:15 Grk “And answering, Peter said to him.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
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