Do Not Hold Traditions of Men!

Do Not Hold Traditions of Men! The Traditions of men are Legalism! See Legalism in Glossary.

Mark 7.1. And Pharisees and some of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, gathered to Him. 2. And having seen some of His disciples, that they were eating meals with common, that is unwashed, hands 3. – for the Pharisees and all the Jewish people if they cannot wash their hands with the fist, using the clenched fist to scrub the open hand, they do not eat, since they carefully keep the tradition of the elders, 4. and when they come from a market, unless they could immerse themselves they do not eat, and then there are many other traditions which they accepted to keep, immersing cups and pitchers and kettles and lids – 5. and the Pharisees and the scribes would ask Him, “Why are Your disciples not walking according to the tradition of the elders, but they are eating a meal with unwashed hands?” 6. And He said to them, “Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it has been written that ‘This people honors Me with their lips but their hearts are far away and distant from Me: 7. In vain are they worshipping Me when they teach for instruction the commandments of men.’ (Isa. 29:13)

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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.