Bible verses about "traditions" | DouayRheims

¹ Hear ye the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O house of Israel. ² Thus saith the Lord: Learn not according to the ways of the Gentiles: and be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the heathens fear: ³ For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe. ⁴ He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder. ⁵ They are framed after the likeness of a palm tree, and shall not speak: they must be carried to be removed, because they cannot go. Therefore fear them not, for they can neither do evil nor good.

³ But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: ⁴ Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. ⁵ But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. ⁶ And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying: ⁸ This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. ⁹ And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men. ¹⁰ And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand. ¹¹ Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. ¹² Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized? ¹³ But he answering, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. ¹⁴ Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit. ¹⁵ And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable. ¹⁶ But he said: Are you also yet without understanding? ¹⁷ Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy? ¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart, and those things defile a man. ¹⁹ For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed hands doth not defile a man.

² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread. ³ But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: ⁴ Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or mother, let him die the death. ⁵ But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee. ⁶ And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

⁶ And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly and not according to the tradition which they have received of us.

⁷ But avoid foolish and old wives fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness.

³ For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients. ⁴ And when they come from the market, unless they be washed, they eat not: and many other things there are that have been delivered to them to observe, the washings of cups and of pots and of brazen vessels and of beds. ⁵ And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands? ⁶ But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁷ And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men. ⁸ For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these. ⁹ And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.

^{14 (2:13)} Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^{15 (2:14)} Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle.

¹ Be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. ² Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you.

² Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. ³ For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears: ⁴ And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

⁶ And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have made void the commandment of God for your tradition.

² Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you.

³ But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:

⁸ Beware lest any man cheat you by philosophy and vain deceit: according to the tradition of men according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ.

^{15 (2:14)} Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle.