Then the Pharisees(A) and the scribes(B) asked Him, “Why don’t Your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders,(C) instead of eating bread with ritually unclean[a] hands?”

He answered them, “Isaiah(D) prophesied(E) correctly about you hypocrites,(F) as it is written:(G)

These people honor(H) Me with their lips,
but their heart is far from Me.
They worship Me in vain,
teaching(I) as doctrines(J) the commands(K) of men.(L)[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:5 Other mss read with unwashed
  2. Mark 7:7 Is 29:13

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders(A) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
    but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.’[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13