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Mark 7:5-7
New International Version
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:
Footnotes
- Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
Mark 7:5-7
King James Version
Mark 7:5-7
King James Version
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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Mark 7:5-7
English Standard Version
Mark 7:5-7
English Standard Version
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to (A)the tradition of (B)the elders, (C)but eat with (D)defiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you (E)hypocrites, as it is written,
(F)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (G)doctrines the commandments of men.’
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