And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh unto me , and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught them ;

I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Being

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day:

having knowledge of me from the first, if they be willing to testify, that after the straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

Traditions

And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

General references

Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest;