Matthew 15:1
New International Version
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

New Living Translation
Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him,

English Standard Version
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

Berean Standard Bible
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

Berean Literal Bible
Then Pharisees and scribes come to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

King James Bible
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

New King James Version
Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

NASB 1995
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

NASB 1977
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

Amplified Bible
Then some Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,

Christian Standard Bible
Then Jesus was approached by Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, who asked,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,”

American Standard Version
Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Pharisees and the Scribes who were from Jerusalem came unto Yeshua and they were saying:

Contemporary English Version
About this time some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses came from Jerusalem. They asked Jesus,

Douay-Rheims Bible
THEN came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:

English Revised Version
Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus. They asked,

Good News Translation
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked him,

International Standard Version
Then some Pharisees and scribes came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked,

Literal Standard Version
Then they come to Jesus from Jerusalem—scribes and Pharisees—saying,

Majority Standard Bible
Then some scribes and Pharisees came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

New American Bible
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

NET Bible
Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

New Revised Standard Version
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

New Heart English Bible
Then the Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were of Jerusalem, saying,

Weymouth New Testament
Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,

World English Bible
Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying,

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Context
Tradition and Worship
1Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”…

Cross References
Mark 3:22
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons He drives out demons."

Mark 7:1
Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus,

Luke 5:17
One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

John 1:19
And this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

Acts 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they could not prove.


Treasury of Scripture

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

came.

Mark 7:1
Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

scribes.

Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:2,15
Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: …

Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

which.

Luke 5:17,21
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them…

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Matthew 15
1. Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees
7. for transgressing God's commandments through their own traditions;
10. teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a man.
21. He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan,
29. and other great multitudes;
32. and with seven loaves and a few small fish feeds four thousand men














XV.

(1) Scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem.--The presence of these actors on the scene is every way significant. They had been prominent in like accusations. It was by them that our Lord had been accused of blasphemy in forgiving sins (Matthew 9:3), of eating and drinking with publicans and sinners (Matthew 9:11), of disregarding fasts (Matthew 9:14), of casting out devils by Beelzebub (Matthew 12:24), of Sabbath-breaking (Matthew 12:2; Matthew 12:10). It was, we may believe, their presence in the synagogue of Capernaum which led our Lord to adopt (as in John 6:26-65) a form of teaching so unlike the usual tenor of that of His Galilean ministry. And now they return to the charge again with a new and characteristic accusation. . . .

Verses 1-20. - Discourse concerning ceremonial pollution. (Mark 7:1-23.) Verse 1. - Then. This is after the third Passover, which whether our Lord attended or not, has been a matter of some dispute. Moral considerations would make us infer that he was present, fulfilling all righteousness, though there is no direct statement in our narratives on the subject. Came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying. The Sinaitic, B, and some other manuscripts read, Came to Jesus from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees. This, which is virtually the reading of the Revised Version, whether original or not, seems to represent the fact correctly. The bigoted rabbis of the capital, aroused to fresh action by the news of Christ's success in Galilee, send emissaries from Jerusalem to see if they cannot find some cause of offence in the words or actions of this rash Innovator which may give the desired opportunity of crushing him. An occasion offered itself, and was immediately seized.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
Τότε (Tote)
Adverb
Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

[some] Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

scribes
γραμματεῖς (grammateis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1122: From gramma. A writer, i.e. scribe or secretary.

came
προσέρχονται (proserchontai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to.

to Jesus
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

Jerusalem
Ἱεροσολύμων (Hierosolymōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 2414: The Greek form of the Hebrew name: Jerusalem. Of Hebrew origin; Hierosolyma

[and] asked,
λέγοντες (legontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.


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