
But Jesus isn’t impressed by their social capital. He thinks their enterprise is an epic adventure in missing the point. So he replies in Matthew 15:3, “Why do you break God’s command for your tradition?” Would Jesus say the same thing to you today?
![]() A lot of antagonistic stories in the Gospels begin with “then some Pharisees and Scribes showed up.” Matthew 15:1-2 is typical. “Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, ‘Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!’” These religious teachers were always concerned that Jesus wasn’t doing and teaching what they demanded. They were threatened by the possibility that people would follow his lead. But Jesus isn’t impressed by their social capital. He thinks their enterprise is an epic adventure in missing the point. So he replies in Matthew 15:3, “Why do you break God’s command for your tradition?” Would Jesus say the same thing to you today?
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