Cross references

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Matthew 15:2 BSB

Matthew 15:2 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Mark 7:2 (7 votes) and Luke 11:38 (7 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 1 to 1 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Matthew 15:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Mark 7:27 votes

    and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

  2. Luke 11:387 votes

    But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

  3. See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

  4. If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations: “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”? …

  5. Mark 7:53 votes

    So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”

  6. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

  7. Genesis 1:14-4 votes

    And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

Which verses point to Matthew 15:2?

The 10 strongest of 23.