Matthew 15:2 Cross References - Coverdale

² Why do thy disciples transgresse ye tradicions of the elders? for they wash not their hodes whan they eate bred.

¹⁴ And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares.

² And wha they sawe certayne of his disciples eate bred with comon (that is, with vnwashen) handes, they complayned.

⁵ Then the Pharises and scrybes axed him: Why walke not thy disciples after the tradicions of the elders, but eate bred with vnwasshen handes?

³⁸ Whan the Pharise sawe that, he marueyled, that he wasshed not first before dyner.

⁸ Bewarre lest eny ma spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the tradicions of men, and after the ordinauces of the worlde, and not after Christ.

²⁰ Wherfore yf ye be deed with Christ from the ordinaunces of the worlde, why are ye holden the with soch tradicions, as though ye lyued after the worlde? As whan they saye: ²¹ Touch not this, taist not that, handle not that. ²² All these thinges do hurte vnto men, because of the abuse of them, which abuse commeth onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes of men: ²³ which thinges haue a shyne of wyssdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and humblenes, and in that they spare not the body, and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his nede.

¹⁸ and knowe, that ye were not redemed wt corruptible syluer and golde, from youre vayne conuersacion (which ye receaued by the tradicios of the fathers)