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and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify[a] themselves;[b] and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.[c]) And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live[d] according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?” And he said to 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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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:4 Other ancient authorities read baptize
  2. Mark 7:4 Other ancient authorities read and they do not eat anything from the market unless they purify it
  3. Mark 7:4 Other ancient authorities add and beds
  4. Mark 7:5 Greek walk

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