Bible Verses About Tradition

For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.

These are the things, which defile the man: but to eat with vnwashen hands, defileth not ye man.

(For the Pharises, and all the Iewes, except they wash their hands oft, eate not, holding the tradition of the Elders.

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eate not: and many other things there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue, as the washing of cups, and pots, and of brasen vessels, and of beds.)

Then asked him the Pharises and Scribes, Why walke not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eate meate with vnwashen hands?

Then hee answered and sayd vnto them, Surely Esay hath prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth mee with lippes, but their heart is farre away from me.

But they worship me in vaine, teaching for doctrines the commandements of men.

For ye lay the commandement of God apart, and obserue the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and of cups, and many other such like things ye doe.

And he sayd vnto them, Well, ye reiect the commandement of God, that ye may obserue your owne tradition.

And it came to passe on a second solemne Sabbath, that hee went through the corne fieldes, and his disciples plucked the eares of corne, and did eate, and rub them in their hands.

And certaine of the Pharises sayde vnto them, Why doe ye that which is not lawfull to doe on the Sabbath dayes?

Then Iesus answered them, and said, Haue ye not read this, that Dauid did when he himselfe was an hungred, and they which were with him,

Howe he went into the house of God, and tooke, and ate the shewbread, and gaue also to them which were with him, which was not lawful to eate, but for the Priests onely?

And he sayd vnto them, The Sonne of man is Lord also of the Sabbath day.

It came to passe also on another Sabbath, that hee entred into the Synagogue, and taught, and there was a man, whose right hand was dryed vp.

And the Scribes and Pharises watched him, whether he would heale on the Sabbath day, that they might finde an accusation against him.

But he knew their thoughts, and sayd to the man which had the withered hand, Arise, and stand vp in the middes. And hee arose, and stoode vp.

Then sayd Iesus vnto them, I will aske you a question, Whether is it lawfull on the Sabbath dayes to doe good, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to destroy?

And he behelde them all in compasse, and sayd vnto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he did so, and his hand was restored againe, as whole as the other.

Then they were filled full of madnes, and communed one with another, what they might doe to Iesus.

Now brethren, I commend you, that ye remember all my things, and keepe the ordinances, as I deliuered them to you.

Beware lest there be any man that spoile you through philosophie, and vaine deceit, through the traditions of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast and keepe the instructions, which ye haue bene taught, either by worde, or by our Epistle.

We warne you, brethren, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately, and not after the instruction, which hee receiued of vs.

Neither that they giue heede to fables and genealogies which are endles, which breede questions rather then godly edifying which is by fayth.