'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'.

'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'.

Mark 7:1-13: Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.

1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, ...

Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread...

There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that

The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders.

Read Mark 7:13 NKJV in the New King James Bible: "making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down"

1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with ...

Mark 7:1–13 argues that the traditions of Jewish elders are twisted interpretations of the Mosaic Law that hide the purpose of that law.