Then he said,“ You skillfully sidestep God’s law in order to hold on to your own tradition.

又说：“你们诚然是废弃神的诫命，要守自己的遗传。

耶稣又说：“你们诚然是废弃上帝的诫命，为要守自己的传统。

耶稣又说：“你们诚然是废弃神的诫命，为要守自己的传统。

耶稣又对他们说：“你们为了拘守自己的传统，竟巧妙地废除了上帝的诫命。

耶稣又对他们说：“你们为了坚守自己的传统，而巧妙地把神的诫命拒绝了。

耶稣又对他们说：“你们为了要守住你们的传统，竟然弃绝了神的命令！

又說：「你們誠然是廢棄神的誡命，要守自己的遺傳。

耶穌又說：「你們誠然是廢棄上帝的誡命，為要守自己的傳統。

耶穌又說：「你們誠然是廢棄神的誡命，為要守自己的傳統。

耶穌又對他們說：「你們為了拘守自己的傳統，竟巧妙地廢除了上帝的誡命。

耶穌又對他們說：“你們為了堅守自己的傳統，而巧妙地把神的誡命拒絕了。

他又對他們說：『你們很聰明地廢棄了上帝的誡命，為要遵守自己的傳統規矩！

耶穌又對他們說：「你們為了要守住你們的傳統，竟然棄絕了神的命令！

又曰、誠哉、爾廢上帝誡、守爾遺傳也、

又曰、爾誠廢上帝誡執爾遺傳者、

又謂之曰、爾誠廢天主之誡、為欲守爾之遺傳、

又曰：『爾曹之所以廢棄天主誡命、而維護爾之習俗者、亦已巧矣！

And he continued,“ You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!

Jesus continued speaking,“ You have a fine way of setting aside God’s commands! You do this so you can follow your own teachings.

And he said to them,“ You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

He also said to them,“ You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up your tradition!

He was also saying to them,“ You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

He said to them,“ All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

He also said to them,“ You completely invalidate God’s command in order to maintain your tradition!

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

He also said to them,“ You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

He said to them,“ Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.

( The Jews, especially the Pharisees, do not eat until they have poured water over their cupped hands, as required by their ancient traditions.

Lord, it is time for you to act, for these evil people have violated your instructions.

“ We will not listen to your messages from the Lord!We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like— just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

Jesus replied,“ And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?For instance, God says,‘ Honor your father and mother,’ and‘ Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents,‘ Sorry, I can’t help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I would have given to you.’In this way, you say they don’t need to honor their parents. And so you cancel the word of God for the sake of your own tradition.

The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.

And so you cancel the word of God in order to hand down your own tradition. And this is only one example among many others.”

King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.Uriah followed the king’s instructions and built an altar just like it, and it was ready before the king returned from Damascus.When the king returned, he inspected the altar and made offerings on it.He presented a burnt offering and a grain offering, he poured out a liquid offering, and he sprinkled the blood of peace offerings on the altar.Then King Ahaz removed the old bronze altar from its place in front of the Lord’s Temple, between the entrance and the new altar, and placed it on the north side of the new altar.He told Uriah the priest,“ Use the new altar for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people, as well as their grain offerings and liquid offerings. Sprinkle the blood from all the burnt offerings and sacrifices on the new altar. The bronze altar will be for my personal use only.”Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz commanded him.

And so the Lord says,“ These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man made rules learned by rote.

He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.

Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.

“ The king will do as he pleases, exalting himself and claiming to be greater than every god, even blaspheming the God of gods. He will succeed, but only until the time of wrath is completed. For what has been determined will surely take place.

He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.