Is washing hands before eating tradition? ~ Cross reference of Matthew 15:3 to Exodus 20:12
In Matthew 15:3 Jesus is criticized by "the Pharisees" that his disciples are eating without washing their hands. For some reason Jesus gets offended and questions them for putting more emphasis on tradition and not honoring their parents under the pretext that they do not have money as they made a vow to G-d. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to offend anyone's faith but for those people who are Seeking the truth of THE ONE TRUE G-D of the universe to who we owe all our love, gratitude & devotion. My encouragement to you is that you read the whole chapter of Tanakh that the Greek text quotes so you get the context and understand what G-d actually said. G-d Bless and Seek THE Truth. Matthew 15:3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and moth...