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Mark 7:5-7
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5 The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat[a] with unwashed hands?” 6 He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart[b] is far from me.
7 They worship me in vain,
teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’[c]

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  1. Mark 7:5 tn Grk “eat bread.”
  2. Mark 7:6 tn The term “heart” is a collective singular in the Greek text.
  3. Mark 7:7 sn A quotation from Isa 29:13.
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Mark 7:5-7
New International Version

5 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?”

6 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.
7 They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.’[a](B)

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  1. Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
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