Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'tradition' occurs 28 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'tradition' in the standard works and contain 21.4% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 3:11 (2 in 1 verse)


Matt. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?




Mark 7:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 11 2 13
Matt. 3 0 3
Mark 5 0 5
Gal. 0 1 1
Col. 1 0 1
2 Thes. 1 1 2
1 Pet. 1 0 1
BM 15 29 44
DC 2 1 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 28 32 60

Matt. 15:2
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Matt. 15:3
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

Matt. 15:6
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.