Mar 7:7-9, Col 2:16, 20-23, 1Ti 4:3, Tit 1:15 | ESV | STEP | in vain do they worship me , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .

Mark 7:7-9

7 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^adoctrines 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 ^brejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Colossians 2:16

Let No One Disqualify You

16 Therefore let no one ^cpass judgment on you ^din questions of food and drink, or with regard to ^ea festival or ^fa new moon or a Sabbath.

Colossians 2:20-23

20 If with Christ ^gyou died to the ^helemental spirits of the world, ⁱwhy, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 ^j“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 ( ^kreferring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to ^lhuman precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in ^mpromoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are ⁿof no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.

1 Timothy 4:3

3 ^owho forbid marriage and ^prequire abstinence from foods ^qthat God created ^rto be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Titus 1:15

15 ^sTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and ^tunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ^utheir minds and their consciences are defiled.