(For the Phariseesand allthe Jewsdo not eatunlessthey carefullywashtheir hands,[thus] observingthe traditionsof the elders;
[thus] invalidatingthe wordof Godby your traditionwhichyou have handed down;and you domany thingssuchas that."
The Phariseesand the scribesaskedHim, "Whydo Your disciplesnot walkaccordingto the traditionof the elders,but eattheir breadwith impurehands?"
When the Phariseesawit, he was surprisedthat He had not firstceremonially washedbeforethe meal.
Nowthere were sixstonewaterpotssettherefor the Jewishcustom of purification,containingtwentyorthirtygallonseach.
and I was advancingin Judaismbeyondmanyof my contemporariesamongmy countrymen,beingmore extremelyzealousfor my ancestraltraditions.
Seeto it that noonetakes you captivethroughphilosophyand emptydeception,accordingto the traditionof men,accordingto the elementary principlesof the world,ratherthanaccordingto Christ.
knowingthat you were not redeemedwith perishable thingslike silverorgoldfrom your futileway of lifeinherited from your forefathers,
