Jeremiah 15:2
15:2 If they ask you, ‘Where should we go?’ tell them the
Lord says this:
“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease.
Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war.
Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation.
Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.”
Matthew 15:2-3
15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their
hands when they eat.”
15:3 He answered them,
“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Matthew 15:6
15:6 he does not need to honor his father.’
You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
Mark 7:3-13
7:3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing,
holding fast to the tradition of the elders.
7:4 And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.
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7:5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat
with unwashed hands?”
7:6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:
‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7:7 They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’
7:8 Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”
7:9 He also said to them, “You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.
7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
7:11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’ (that is, a gift for God),
7:12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.
7:13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”
Colossians 2:8
2:8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you
through an empty, deceitful philosophy
that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits
of the world, and not according to Christ.
Colossians 2:1
2:1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.
Colossians 1:8
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.