Matthew 15:2
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2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(A)
Matthew 15:3
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3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15:6
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6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Mark 7:3
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3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.(A)
Mark 7:5
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5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders(A) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
Mark 7:8
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8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”(A)
Mark 7:9
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9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[a] your own traditions!(A)
Footnotes
- Mark 7:9 Some manuscripts set up
Mark 7:13
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13 Thus you nullify the word of God(A) by your tradition(B) that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
Galatians 1:14
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14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous(A) for the traditions of my fathers.(B)
Colossians 2:8
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(A) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(B) rather than on Christ.
Footnotes
- Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
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