Which law shouldn't we keep?
The traditions of man, should we keep them, or should we only keep God's law? Which law shouldn't we keep, according to the bible?
[Mat 15:1-14 NASB] 1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Yehoshua from Jerusalem and said, 2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." 3 And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 "For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.' 5 "But you say, 'Whoever says to [his] father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given [to God,]" 6 he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And [by this] you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 "You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: 8 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. 9 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'"
10 After Yehoshua called the crowd to him, he said to them, "Hear and understand. 11 "[It is] not what enters into the mouth [that] defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" 13 But he answered and said, "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. 14 "Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
Cites Exo 20:12
Cites Lev 13:3
Cites Exo 21:17
Cites Isa 29:30
Also see Mark 7:1-13
[Mat 16:5-12 NASB] 5 And the disciples came to the other side [of the sea,] but they had forgotten to bring [any] bread. 6 And Yehoshua said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7 They began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "[He said that] because we did not bring [any] bread." 8 But Yehoshua, aware of this, said, "You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? 9 "Do you not yet
understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets [full] you picked up? 10 "Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets [full] you picked up? 11 "How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Also see Mark 8:13-18
[Mat 23:1-5 NASB] 1 Then Yehoshua spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, 2 saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; 3 therefore all that *they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say [things] and do not do [them.] 4 "They
tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with [so much as] a finger. 5 "But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels [of their garments.]
A Hebrew manuscript of Matthew reads, "all that he (Moses) tells you do and observe, but do not do according to their (Scribes and Pharisees) deeds"
[Luk 11:37-52 NASB] 37 Now when he had spoken, a Pharisee asked him to have lunch with him; and he went in, and reclined [at the table.] 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that he had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. 39 But the master said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. 40 "You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? 41 "But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you. 42 "But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every [kind of] garden herb, and [yet] disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. 43 "Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. 44 "Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over [them]
are unaware [of it.]" 45 One of the lawyers said to him in reply, "teacher,
when you say this, you insult us too." 46 But he said, "Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 "Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 "So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build [their tombs.] 49 "For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and [some] they will persecute, 50 so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house [of God;] yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.' 52 "Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering."
[Luk 13:10-17 ESV] 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your disability." 13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, "There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be
healed, and not on the Sabbath day." 15 Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it? 16 And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" 17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
Word Study
Traditions
Greek reference
παράδοσις
Transliteration
paradosis
Outline of biblical Usage:
giving up, giving over, objectively, that which is delivered, the substance of a teaching, a giving over which is done by word of mouth or in writing
Strong's:
G3862
Greek Root Word
παραδίδωμι
Transliteration
paradidōmi
Outline of biblical Usage:
to give into the hands (of another), to deliver verbally, to deliver by narrating, to report
Strong's:
G3860
Hebrew Counterpart
נָתַן
Transliteration
nathan
Outline of biblical Usage:
to give, put, set, to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, exchange, lend, give over, deliver up, report, mention, utter, extend
Strong's:
H5416
[Gal 1:13-14 NASB] 13 For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
14 and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.
[Rom 10:1-3 NASB] 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for [their] salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about
God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
[Col 2:8-23 NASB] 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to the anointed. 9 For in him all the fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in him you have been made complete, and he is the head over all rule and authority; 11 and in him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of the anointed; 12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and he has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When he had disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a public display of them, having triumphed over them
through Him. 16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- 17 things which are a [mere] shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to the anointed. 18 Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on [visions] he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God. 20 If you have died with the anointed to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 21 "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!" 22 (which all [refer] [to] things destined to perish with use)--in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? 23 These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, [but are] of no value against fleshly indulgence.
[Tit 1:10-14 NASB] 10 For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not [teach] for the sake of sordid gain. 12 One of themselves, a prophet of their
own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." 13 This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.
[Deu 4:2 ESV] 2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of YHWH your God that I command you.
[Deu 12:32 ESV] 32 "Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
[Pro 30:5-6 ESV] 5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 6 Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.
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