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Matthew 15:3

But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

KJV

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· διατί καὶ ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν;

Greek NT

Ipse autem respondens ait illis : Quare et vos transgredimini mandatum Dei propter traditionem vestram ? Nam Deus dixit :

Vulgate

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

ASV

But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
διατί
diati
particle · 24×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
παράδοσις
paradosis
noun · 13×
παραβαίνω
parabaino
verb · 3×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

There is but one author, and one end to both covenants. 1. All things therefore are of one and the same substance, that is, from one and the same God; as also the Lord says to the disciples Therefore every scribe, which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a man that is an householder, which brings forth out of his treasure things new and old. Matthew 13:52 He did …
It clearly appears that there was but one author of both the old and the new law, from the fact that Christ condemned traditions and customs repugnant to the former, while He confirmed its most important precepts, and taught that He was Himself the end of the Mosaic law. 1. For the tradition of the elders themselves, which they pretended to observe from the law, was contrary to…
The apostle Peter has said that the Holy Scriptures are not of private interpretation, and thus we do not allow all possible interpretations. We hold that the true and genuine interpretation of Scripture is that which is gleaned from the Scriptures themselves, taken from the character of the language in which they were written, considered according to the circumstances, and exp…

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 3:16 — As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, u
  • Col 2:8 — Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
  • Col 2:22 — Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
  • Col 2:23 — Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
  • Exod 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
  • Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
  • Isa 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
  • Mark 7:6 — He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
  • Mark 7:9 — And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
  • Mark 7:13 — Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
  • Matt 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
  • Matt 7:3 — And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
  • Titus 1:14 — Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.