Actually this is a common misunderstanding and is error, they didn't keep the Fathers laws or our Savior would not have said this: Mat 15:3
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Mat 15:7
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Mat 15:8
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Mat 15:9
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
see, what they obeyed to the finest detail was their own laws and traditions, but not what the Father had instructed...
Thispeopledraweth nighuntomewiththeirmouth,andhonorethmewiththeirlips;buttheirheartisfarfromme.
Mat 15:9
But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Mat 15:7
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Mat 15:8
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Mat 15:9
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
see, what they obeyed to the finest detail was their own laws and traditions, but not what the Father had instructed...
Thispeopledraweth nighuntomewiththeirmouth,andhonorethmewiththeirlips;buttheirheartisfarfromme.
Mat 15:9
Hypocrites indeed.