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Matthew 15:1

Matthew 15:1
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Matthew 15:1-9

See also Mar 7:1-9. Then came to Jesus ... - Mark says that they saw the disciples of Jesus eating with unwashed hands. Mat 15:2 Transgress the tradition of the elders - The world “elders” literally…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 15:1-9

Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. The intemperate heat of the Jewish teachers for the support of their hierarchy, occasioned many excellent discourses of our Saviour's for the settling of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Matthew 15:1-20

Mat 15:1-20. The True Religion and the False. A Discourse to the Pharisees, the People, and the Disciples

Mar 7:1-23

These twenty verses sum up the great controversy of the N. T., that between the…