Jer 9:14, Mat 15:2, Mar 7:5, Act 22:3, 26:9, Phili 3:6 | ISV

Jeremiah 9:14

Matthew 15:2

2 “Why do your disciples disregard the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat.” ^{▼▼Lit. eat bread}Mark 7:5; Col 2:8

Mark 7:5

5 So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, ^{▼▼Lit. him} “Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat ^{▼▼Lit. eat bread} with unclean hands.”Matt 15:2

Acts 22:3

3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today.Deut 33:3; 2Kings 4:38; Luke 10:39; Acts 5:34; 26:5; Rom 10:2; 2Cor 11:22; Gal 1:14; Phil 3:5

Acts 26:9

9 Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth. ^{▼▼Nazareth. 26:9 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isa 11:1), and the name}John 16:2; 1Tim 1:13

Philippians 3:6

6 As far as zeal is concerned, I was a persecutor of the church. As far as the righteousness that is in the law is concerned, I was perfect.Luke 1:6; Acts 8:3; 9:1; 22:3; Rom 10:5; Gal 1:13-14