Bible Verses about “tradition”

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

“¶ Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.”

“Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.”

“‹He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.›”

“‹For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.›”

“‹This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.›”

“‹As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.›”

“Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.›”

“‹This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.›”

“‹Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.›”

“‹It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you,› [they] ‹are spirit, and› [they] ‹are life.›”

“These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.”

“Jesus answered them, ‹Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?›”

“But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.”

“‹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.›”

“He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son] of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.”

“Then said Jesus unto the twelve, ‹Will ye also go away?›”

“Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.”

“And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”

“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

“‹But there are some of you that believe not.› For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.”

“And he said, ‹Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.›”

“¶ Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?”

“When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, ‹Doth this offend you?›”

“[What] ‹and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?›”

“From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”

“The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”

“¶ These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”

“‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›”

“¶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.”

“And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, ‹Receive ye the Holy Ghost:›”

“‹Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;› [and] ‹whose soever› [sins] ‹ye retain, they are retained.›”

“Then said Jesus to them again, ‹Peace› [be] ‹unto you: as› [my] ‹Father hath sent me, even so send I you.›”

“Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.”

“¶ Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, ‹Peace› [be] ‹unto you.›”

“And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.”

“‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›”

“‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›”

“But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›”

“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.”

“Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

“Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.”