Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people sacrifice unto me and honour me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from me, and their worship with which they honour me was taught by the commandment of men:

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

Being

I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

who knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most perfect sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

Though I might also have reason to confide in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

Traditions

And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Where shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus hath the LORD said: 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 the captivity, to the captivity.

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

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the traditions of men, according to the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though at present ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;

General references

But when the raw flesh turns again and is changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;