Mark 7, verse 1. Now when the Pharisees gathered around Jesus with some of the

scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate

with hands that were defiled.

That is unwashed.

Verse three for the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat

unless they wash their hands properly

or in a traditional customary way.

Holding to the traditions of the elders,

and when they come from the marketplace,

and they do not eat unless they wash the Bible says and there are many other traditions

that they observe such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining

couches who washes dining couches?

I don't know, okay.

And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him,

Hey, Jesus, why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders

but eat with defiled hands.

Jesus response to this is, well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites.

As it is written, these people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me in vain they do worship me teaching as doctrines the

commandments of men.

Verse 8 you leave the commandment of God and hold the tradition of men.

He said to them you have a fine way of rejecting

the commandment of God in order to establish your traditions.

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