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Mark 7:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.” "

Mark 7:8

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6 He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

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

8 “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”

9 He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

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Mark 7:1

"Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem."

Mark 7:2

"Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault."

Mark 7:3

"(For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders."

Mark 7:4

"They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)"

Mark 7:5

"The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”"

Mark 7:6

"He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me."

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