Verse 3

Matthew 15:3

Geneva Bible

3 But he answered and said vnto them, Why doe yee also transgresse the commandement of God (Elohim) by your tradition?
Original Language Text
greek
ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Διὰ τί καὶ ὑμεῖς παραβαίνετε τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τὴν παράδοσιν ὑμῶν;
English Translation
But he answered and said to them, "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?"
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 15 Context
1 Then came to Iesus the Scribes and Pharises, which were of Hierusalem, saying, Focus ↗
2 Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their hands when the... Focus ↗
3 But he answered and said vnto them, Why doe yee also transgresse the commandement of God (Elohim) by...
4 For God (Elohim) hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or... Focus ↗
5 But ye say, Whosoeuer shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest... Focus ↗
6 Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commandement of... Focus ↗
7 O hypocrites, Esaias prophecied well of you, saying, Focus ↗
8 This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart... Focus ↗
9 But in vaine they worship me, teaching for doctrines, mens precepts. Focus ↗
10 Then hee called the multitude vnto him, and said to them, Heare and vnderstand. Focus ↗
11 That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man, but that which commeth out of the mouth, that... Focus ↗
12 Then came his disciples, and saide vnto him, Perceiuest thou not, that the Pharises are offended in... Focus ↗
13 But hee answered and saide, Euery plant which mine heauenly Father hath not planted, shalbe rooted v... Focus ↗
14 Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both sh... Focus ↗
15 Then answered Peter, and said to him, Declare vnto vs this parable. Focus ↗
16 Then said Iesus, Are ye yet without vnderstanding? Focus ↗
17 Perceiue ye not yet, that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth, goeth into the bellie, and is cast out... Focus ↗
18 But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth, come from the heart, and they defile the man. Focus ↗
19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonie... Focus ↗
20 These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man. Focus ↗
21 And Iesus went thence, and departed into the coastes of Tyrus and Sidon. Focus ↗
22 And beholde, a woman a Cananite came out of the same coasts, and cried, saying vnto him, Haue mercie... Focus ↗
23 But hee answered her not a worde. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him, saying, Sende he... Focus ↗
24 But he answered, and said, I am not sent, but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel. Focus ↗
25 Yet she came, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, helpe me. Focus ↗
26 And he answered, and said, It is not good to take the childrens bread, and to cast it to whelps. Focus ↗
27 But she said, Trueth, Lord: yet in deede the whelpes eate of the crommes, which fall from their mast... Focus ↗
28 Then Iesus answered, and saide vnto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as thou desires... Focus ↗
29 So Iesus went away from thence, and came neere vnto the sea of Galile, and went vp into a mountaine... Focus ↗
30 And great multitudes came vnto him, hauing with them, halt, blinde, dumme, maymed, and many other, a... Focus ↗
31 In so much that the multitude wondered, to see the dumme speake, the maimed whole, the halt to goe,... Focus ↗
32 Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on this multitude, because the... Focus ↗
33 And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suf... Focus ↗
34 And Iesus said vnto them, How many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen, and a few litle fishes. Focus ↗
35 Then he commanded the multitude to sit downe on the ground, Focus ↗
36 And tooke the seuen loaues, and the fishes, and gaue thankes, and brake them, and gaue to his discip... Focus ↗
37 And they did all eate, and were sufficed: and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, seuen ba... Focus ↗
38 And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children. Focus ↗
39 Then Iesus sent away the multitude, and tooke ship, and came into the partes of Magdala. Focus ↗