Mark 7:6

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"He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me."

— Mark 7:6, NET Bible®

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Mark 7 — Context

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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

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And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

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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 with unwashed hands?”

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He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.’

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Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”

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He also said to them,“You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.