Mark 7:2-8
English Standard Version
2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were (A)defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[a] holding to (B)the tradition of (C)the elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash.[b] And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as (D)the washing of (E)cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.[c]) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to (F)the tradition of (G)the elders, (H)but eat with (I)defiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you (J)hypocrites, as it is written,
(K)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (L)doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”
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