Matthew 9:11

9:11 When the Pharisees ¹  saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ² 

Matthew 15:2

15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their ³  hands when they eat.” ⁴ 

Matthew 15:27

15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, ⁵  “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

[9:11]  ¹ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[9:11]  ² sn The issue here is inappropriate associations. Jews were very careful about personal associations and contact as a matter of ritual cleanliness. Their question borders on an accusation that Jesus is ritually unclean.

[15:2]  ³ tc ‡ Although most witnesses read the genitive plural pronoun αὐτῶν (autwn, “their”), it may have been motivated by clarification (as it is in the translation above). Several other authorities do not have the pronoun, however (א B Δ 073 ˹ 579 700 892 1424 pc f g¹); the lack of an unintentional oversight as the reason for omission strengthens their combined testimony in this shorter reading. NA²⁷ has the pronoun in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[15:2]  ⁴ tn Grk “when they eat bread.”

[15:27]  ⁵ tn Grk “she said.”