Deu 12:32, Jos 1:7, Pro 30:6, Ecc 12:13, Mat 5:18, 43, 15:2-9, Mar 7:1-13 | ESV | STEP | Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do . You shall not add to it or take from it .

7 Only be strong and ^cvery courageous, being careful to do according to all the law ^dthat Moses my servant commanded you. ^eDo not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success ^{▼▼Or may act wisely} wherever you go.

Proverbs 30:6

6 ^gDo not add to his words,
lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. ^hFear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. ^{▼▼Or the duty of all mankind}

Matthew 5:18

18 For truly, I say to you, ^juntil heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.

Matthew 5:43

Love Your Enemies

43 ^k“You have heard that it was said, ^l‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

Matthew 15:2-9

2 ^m“Why do your disciples break ⁿthe tradition of the elders? ^oFor they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, ^p‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ^q‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ^{▼▼Or is an offering} 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^smade void the word ^{▼▼Some manuscripts law} of God. 7 ^uYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ^v“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^wdoctrines the commandments of men.’”

Mark 7:1-13

Traditions and Commandments

1 ^xNow when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes ^ywho had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were ^zdefiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, ^{▼▼Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing} holding to ^abthe tradition of ^acthe elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. ^{▼▼Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves} And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as ^aethe washing of ^afcups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit and dining couches}) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to ^ahthe tradition of ^aithe elders, ^ajbut eat with ^akdefiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ^alhypocrites, as it is written,

^am“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^andoctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of ^aorejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ^ap‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ^aq‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God) ^{▼▼Or an offering}— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus ^asmaking void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”