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Hi friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New

Testament in the Bible,

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships,

the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how it works. I'll read three chapters

to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online, And then I'll pray, and that's it.

So today is day 18, and I'll be reading Mark chapter 7 through 9 in the new

living translation.

And for those of you with the Let's Read the Gospels Guided Journal, we are on page

121.

Mark 7.

One day, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus.

They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.

The Jews, especially the Pharisees, do not eat until they have poured water over their cupped hands as required by their ancient traditions. Similarly, they don't eat anything from the market until they

immerse their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to, such as their

ceremonial washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles. So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him,

why don't your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing

ceremony. Jesus replied, you hypocrites. Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,

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