Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 3
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3: ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις διατι και υμεις παραβαινετε την εντολην του θεου δια την παραδοσιν υμων
3: But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress
the commandment of God by your tradition?
3: But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the
commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:
But he answered, etc. They accused him of violating their traditions, as though they were obligatory. In his answer he implied that they were not bound to obey their traditions. They were invented by men. He said also that those traditions could not be binding, as they violated the commandments of God. He proceeds to specify a case where their tradition made void one of the plain laws of God. And if that was their character, then they could not blame him for not regarding them.
