5 aThen the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
6 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ahypocrites, as it is written:
b‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
b‘This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men —the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”
9 He said to them, “All too well ayou reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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in vain.
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the commandments.
Deuteronomy 12:32
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