Mark 7:3-13 (New International Version)
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(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.1
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When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.a )2
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So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders3 instead of eating their food with 'unclean' hands?"
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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.
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They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'b4
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You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."5
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And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observec your own traditions!6
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For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,'d7 and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'e8
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But you say9 that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.
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Thus you nullify the word of God10 by your tradition11 that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
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