Quotes About Tradition

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

For Moses said, ëHonor your father and your motherí and ëAnyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.í

But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ëWhatever you would have received from me is Corbaní (that is, a gift devoted to God),

he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a manís brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brotherís widow and raise up offspring for him.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesusí disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ëThe Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?í

So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

Now it was Pilateís custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.

So the crowd went up and began asking Pilate to keep his custom.

Now it was already evening. Since it was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”

They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”

So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.