https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+23&version=CEV   Jesus railed at those who keep the 'rules', (often to exalt their own power and authority, not the message of Jesus).

I love the person of Jesus, human, holy, spiritual.    I look at a life that ignores the power and went directly to those who most needed his compassion and love.   Accepting Jesus only as a figure that represented God, ignores that he was also fully human.   How better to 'know' the human race than by living it as human?

As I grew to know and love the person of Jesus through reading, prayer, meditation, I appreciated that he turned the Jewish hierarchy on its head, and stopped 'ranking' by human ego needs of: money, power, country, even religious practices.  Jesus offered hope and grace for ALL people, not just religious dogma.    The old testament is Jewish law, history, traditions.  Jesus changed everything.    Jesus was gathering people regardless of faith, not finding ways to exclude them.