The Handwashing Dispute

136	HAND WASHING DISPUTE
Matt 15		Mark 7		Luke
1	Then	1	Now
	Pharisees		when the Pharisees
	and scribes*
	came to Jesus		gathered together to him,
			with some of the scribes,*
	from Jerusalem		who had come from Jerusalem,
		2	they saw that
			some of his disciples ate
			with hands defiled,
			that is, unwashed.
		3	(For the Pharisees,
			and all the Jews,
			do not eat
			unless they wash their hands,
			observing the tradition of the elders;
		4	and when they come
			from the market place,
			they do not eat
			unless they purify themselves;
			and there are many other traditions
			which they observe,
			the washing of cups and pots
			and vessels of bronze.)
		5	And the Pharisees
	and said,		and the scribes asked him,
2	"Why do your disciples		"Why do your disciples
	transgress		not live according to
	the tradition of the elders?		the tradition of the elders,
	For they do not wash		but eat
	their hands		with hands defiled?"
	when they eat."
		6	And he said to them,
	[see Matt 15:7-9 below]		"Well did Isaiah prophesy
			of you hypocrites,*
			as it is written,
			`This people honors me
			with their lips,
			but their heart is far from me;
		7	in vain do they worship me,
			teaching as doctrines
			the precepts of men.'
		8	You leave
			the commandment of God,
			and hold fast
			the tradition of men."
3	He answered them,	9	And he said to them,
	"And why do you		"You have a fine way
	transgress		of rejecting
	the commandment of God		the commandment of God,
	for the sake of your tradition?		in order to keep your tradition!
4	For God commanded,	10	For Moses said,
	`Honor your father		`Honor your father
	and your mother,'		and your mother';
	and,		and,
	`He who speaks evil		`He who speaks evil
	of father or mother,		of father or mother,
	let him surely die.'		let him surely die';
5	But you say,	11	but you say,
	`If any one tells his father		`If a man tells his father
	or his mother,		or his mother,
	What you would have gained		What you would have gained
	from me is		from me is Corban'
	given to God,		(that is, given to God) --
	he need not	12	then you no longer permit him
	honor his father.'		to do anything for his father
			or mother,
6	So, for the sake of your tradition,*
	you have made void	13	thus making void
	the word of God.		the word of God
			through your tradition*
			which you hand on.
			And many such things you do."
7	You hypocrites!*		[see Mark 7:6-7 above]
	Well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
	when he said:
8	`This people honors me
	with their lips,
	but their heart is far from me;
9	in vain do they worship me,
	teaching as doctrines
	the precepts of men.'"

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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*	Same wording, different order.
136	Sequence in synoptic outlines