Thematic Bible: Zealous of tradition

Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:

Verse Concepts

Ablutionelders, as community leadersJews, TheCharacteristics Of Pharisees

How People EatThe Elderlypharisees

And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

Verse Concepts

LegalismPharisees, Beliefs OfNew Age Beliefs

Resolving Conflictzealotscredibility

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands? And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men. read more.
For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.