Quality Assurance - Evaluating Our Traditions

In the opening of Mark chapter 7 we see Jesus questioned by the leaders of His day, who demanded to know why His disciples were not obeying the tradtion of the elders, in this case eating with ritually unclean hands. Jesus' response draws a line for us, showing us that we always need to view our traditions through through the light of scripture, because they may be sometimes taken too far, to the point where the y violate scriptual principles.