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They don’t eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)[a] So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus,[b] “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat[c] with unclean hands.”

He told them, “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.

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  1. Mark 7:4 Other mss. lack and dinner tables
  2. Mark 7:5 Lit. him
  3. Mark 7:5 Lit. eat bread

When 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.[a])(A)

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders(B) instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”

He 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.

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  1. Mark 7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches