Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and t
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders?
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’