With unwashen hands.—The better manuscripts give, “with defiled hands,” the word being the same as before. It was probab…

The Venerable Bede: The people of the land of Gennesaret, who seemed to be uneducated, not only come themselves but also bring …

To the question of why his disciples acted as they did, Jesus answered by quoting Isa 29:13, preceded by his own comment: “Isaiah was right when he…

Then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him
Not the disciples, but Christ himself; for their chief view was to find fau…

One great design of Christ's coming was to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law o…