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Mat 15:3 — But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Why		Mat 7:3-5; Mar 7:6-8,13; Col 2:8,23; Tts 1:14

Correlating Passages

Why

	Mat 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?
	Mat 7:4	Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?
	Mat 7:5	Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
	Mar 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.
	Mar 7:7	Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
	Mar 7:8	For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
	Mar 7:13	Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
	Col 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.
	Col 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.
	Tts 1:14	Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 15:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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