He never spoke highly of tradition. In fact, he called the traditionalists a bunch of snakes. When the only begotten son of God, calls them snakes, that is good enough for me. Now, does Jesus call all traditionalists a bunch of snakes? I don’t know. You be the judge.
And Catholics would have us believe that Jesus condemned tradition when the Jewish priesthood did it but approve of it when the Catholic priesthood does the exact same thing.