And honors not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God void by your tradition.
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Remigius of Rheims
AD 533
They were faulty for two reasons; because they had come from Jerusalem, from the holy city; and because they were elders of the people, and doctors of the Law, and had not come to learn but to reprove the Lord; for it is added, "Saying, Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?”.
Of what kind these traditions were, Mark shows when he says, “The Pharisees and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not.” Here then also they find fault with the disciples, saying, “For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.”.
Or the Pharisees found fault with the Lord’s disciples, not concerning that washing which we do from ordinary habit, and of necessity, but of that superfluous washing which was invented by the tradition of the elders.
