Jesus' critique of the Pharisees should be taken as a warning for us. Just like the Pharisees, we have traditions. We have traditional interpretations of the Word of God and traditional ways of doing things based on our traditional interpretations. There is nothing wrong with having traditions. Indeed, having traditions is unavoidable. The problem comes when we do what the Pharisees did. The problem comes when we allow pride in our traditions to supersede our commitment to the Word of God
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