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• Mark 7:1-8 (New International Version)
  
  1The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed. 3(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4When 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.)
  
  5So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with 'unclean' hands?"
  
  6He 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.
  7They worship me in vain;
  their teachings are but rules taught by men.' 8You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
  
  New International Version (NIV)
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