Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, arriving from Jerusalem, gathered together before him. 2 And when they had seen certain ones from his disciples eating bread with common hands, that is, with unwashed hands, they disparaged them. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat without repeatedly washing their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds. 5 And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?" 6 But in response, he said to them: "So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.' 8 For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these." 14 And again, calling the crowd to him, he said to them: "Listen to me, all of you, and understand. 15 There is nothing from outside a man which, by entering into him, is able to defile him. But the things which procede from a man, these are what pollute a man. 21 For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness. 23 All these evils procede from within and pollute a man." James 1-17-18, 21b-22, 27 17 Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration. 18 For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures. an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to save your souls. 22 So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves. 27 This is religion, clean and undefiled before God the Father: to visit orphans and widows in their tribulations, and to keep yourself immaculate, apart from this age. |
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