Matthew 15:17

15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? ¹ 

Matthew 15:1

Breaking Human Traditions

15:1 Then Pharisees ²  and experts in the law ³  came from Jerusalem ⁴  to Jesus and said, ⁵ 

Colossians 1:13

1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, ⁶ 

Colossians 2:21-22

2:21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!” 2:22 These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are ⁷  on human commands and teachings. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “into the latrine.”

² sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

³ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn The participle λέγοντες (legontes) has been translated as a finite verb so that its telic (i.e., final or conclusive) force can be more easily detected: The Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus in order to speak with him.

⁶ tn Here αὐτοῦ (autou) has been translated as a subjective genitive (“he loves”).

⁷ tn The expression “founded as they are” brings out the force of the Greek preposition κατά (kata).

⁸ tn Grk “The commands and teachings of men.”