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Mark 7:6-8
New Testament for Everyone
Mark 7:6-8
New Testament for Everyone
6 “Isaiah summed you up just right,” Jesus replied. “What hypocrites you are! What he said was this:
With their lips this people honors me,
but with their hearts they turn away from me;
7 all in vain they think to worship me,
all they teach is human commands.
8 “You abandon God’s commands, and keep human tradition!
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Mark 7:6-8
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Mark 7:6-8
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6 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.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[a](A)
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”(B)
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- Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13
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