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3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands thoroughly, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders; 4 and, coming from the marketplace, unless they immerse themselves, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they received to hold; as , immersion of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels. 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask Him, "Why do not Thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?" 6 And He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. 7 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men. 8 Having left the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men." Mark 7:3-8, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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