Matthew 15:3
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 15
“But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?”Matthew 15:3
What Does Matthew 15:3 Mean?
Matthew 15:3 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 15, verse 3 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 13 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (13)
These passages are connected to Matthew 15:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 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!”Hosea 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 also forget thy children.”Mark 7:9“And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.”Colossians 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.”Matthew 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 called great in the kingdom of heaven.”Titus 1:14“Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”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.”Colossians 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.”Exodus 21:17“And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.”Matthew 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?”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.”Colossians 2:22“Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?”2 Peter 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, unto their own destruction.”
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