Mark 7:5-13 Part 1 of 2

    So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders 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.

    They worship me in vain;

        their teachings are merely human rules.'

You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions!"

    And he continued, "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.' But you say that if anyone declares what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)--then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."   

 

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders 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. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' "

Matthew 6:2  

    "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full."  [see Matthew 6:1-4]

Isaiah 29:13  

    The LORD says:

"These people come near to me with their mouth

    and honor me with their lips,

    but their hearts are far from me.

Their worship of me

    is based on merely human rules they have been taught."  

    [see Isaiah 29:13-16]

 

"You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions!" And he continued, "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.' But you say that if anyone declares what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)--then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother." 

Deuteronomy 5:16  

"Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has

    commanded you, so that it may go well with you in the land 

    the LORD your God is giving you."

    [see all Deuteronomy 5, also Exodus 20:1-21]

Leviticus 20:9  

    " 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.' "  [see also Exodus 21:17]

Matthew 23:16  

    "Woe to you, blind guides! You say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.' "

Matthew 23:18  

"You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.' "  [see Matthew 23:13-39) 

 

[brackets are mine]

 

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