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and when they come from the market-place, they do not eat unless they wash.[a] And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as (A)the washing of (B)cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.[b]) And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to (C)the tradition of (D)the elders, (E)but eat with (F)defiled hands?” And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you (G)hypocrites, as it is written,

(H)“‘This people honours me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:4 Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves
  2. Mark 7:4 Some manuscripts omit and dining couches