Tradition
Matthew
15:1-15 (NIV) Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law
came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked, 2 "Why do your
disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash
their hands before they eat!" 3 Jesus replied, "And
why do you break the command of God for the sake of your
tradition? 4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother'
and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to
death.' 5 But you say that if a man says to his father or
mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received
from me is a gift devoted to God,' 6 he is not to 'honor his
father' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the
sake of your traditionÉ" 12 Then the disciples came to him and
asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended
when they heard this?" 13 He replied, "Every plant that my
heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
14 Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads
a blind man, both will fall into a pit."