Holding to the Traditions of Men

Here, in these verses, we find Jesus rejecting and condemning the tradition of the elders of Israel which was held by the Pharisees and by some of the scribes. We find that He clearly stated His reasons for rejecting and condemning these traditions of the elders. And we can see that there were three traditions which Jesus felt that he had to confront and refute. He did not do this secretly and privately, but He did it publicly and to their faces. This was because Jesus knew that many, many people in that day were being deceived by these traditions. And we can also say that many people, perhaps even people whom we love, are being deceived by traditions in our own day as well.