and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they [a]completely cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received as traditions to firmly hold, such as the [b]washing of (A)cups, pitchers, and copper pots.) And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the (B)tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with (C)[c]unholy hands?” But He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written:

(D)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:4 Lit baptize; i.e., immerse; two early mss purify
  2. Mark 7:4 Lit baptisms
  3. Mark 7:5 Lit common; i.e., ritually unclean

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