"Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites because you give the tenth of the mint and the dill and the cummin but you have disregarded the weightier matters of the Law, namely justice and mercy and faithfulness. These things it was binding to do yet not to disregard the other things". Matt 23 :23 NWT.
The religion of the Jews taught at the time of Christ was a distortion of the simple truths explained in the Law of Moses and the Prophets. It was the teachings of the RABBI''s. These learned men elaborated, expounded upon and ADDED to the commands of God, to such an extent the Mosiac Law which should have been a blessing became a crushing burden to the common people. See also Matt 15 : 3 - 9, Matt 7 : 1 - 13 .
The New Testament only breifly alludes to the effect these men had on the lives and families of the Jewish people. To really understand the full extent of "legalism gone mad" a serious student needs to consider the Rabbinical writings at source.
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