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Matthew 15:2The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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Διὰ τί οἱ μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων; οὐ γὰρ νίπτονται τὰς χεῖρας ὅταν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.
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Matthew 15:2The Bible in Living English
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2 “Why do your disciples violate the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
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Matthew 15:2American Standard Version
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2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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Matthew 15:2The Emphasized Bible
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2 Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread!
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Matthew 15:2King James Version
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2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 15New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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wash their hands: That is, a ceremonial cleansing to adhere to tradition rather than out of concern for hygiene. Later, the Babylonian Talmud (Sotah 4b) puts eating with unwashed hands on par with having relations with a harlot, and it states that those who lightly esteem hand washing will be “uprooted from the world.”
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