Tradition vs. God's Command

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Then some P'rushim and Torah-teachers from Yerushalayim came to Yeshua and asked him,

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"Why is it that your talmidim break the Tradition of the Elders? They don't do n'tilat-yadayim before they eat!"

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He answered, "Indeed, why do you break the command of God by your tradition?

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For God said, `Honor your father and mother,' and `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'

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But you say, `If anyone says to his father or mother, "I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you,"

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then he is rid of his duty to honor his father or mother.' Thus by your tradition you make null and void the word of God!

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You hypocrites! Yesha`yahu was right when he prophesied about you,

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`These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.

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Their worship of me is useless, because they teach man-made rules as if they were doctrines.'"