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## Matthew 15:1-3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/matthew/15/1) Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/matthew/15/2) Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/matthew/15/3) But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
 
 [4 ](/kjv/matthew/15/4) For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/matthew/15/5) But ye say, Whosoever shall say to *his* father or *his* mother, *It is* a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
 
 [6 ](/kjv/matthew/15/6) And honour not his father or his mother, *he shall be free*. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
 
[Matthew 14](/kjv/matthew/14) [Matthew 16](/kjv/matthew/16)

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