Quotes About Tradition

One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

“Teacher,” they said, “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 a wife, but died childless.

and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”

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

So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.

It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

Then a dispute arose between Johnís disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.