Mar 7:1-13 | ESV | STEP | Now when the Pharisees gathered to him , with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem ,

k[See ver. 3 above]

l[See ver. 3 above]

m Luke 11:38

n[See ver. 2 above]

o Matt. 23:13

pCited from Isa. 29:13; [Ezek. 33:31]

q Col. 2:22; Titus 1:14

r Luke 7:30; Gal. 2:21 (Gk.); Heb. 10:28 (Gk.)

sCited from Ex. 20:12

tCited from Ex. 21:17

v Gal. 3:17 (Gk.); [Rom. 2:23]

Mark 7:1-13

Traditions and Commandments

1 ^aNow when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes ^bwho had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were ^cdefiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, ^{▼▼Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing} holding to ^ethe tradition of ^fthe elders, 4 and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. ^{▼▼Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves} And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as ^hthe washing of ⁱcups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit and dining couches}) 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to ^kthe tradition of ^lthe elders, ^mbut eat with ⁿdefiled hands?” 6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ^ohypocrites, as it is written,

^p“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^qdoctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of ^rrejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ^s‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ^t‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God) ^{▼▼Or an offering}— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus ^vmaking void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”