I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the str
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and t
though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have mor
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict confor
he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an in
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands cer
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, t