Matthew 15:2-9
"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands."
Mark 7:2-13
They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to purify them.
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Summary
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Forasmuch
Their fear
Bible References
Forasmuch
Matthew 15:7
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied finely about you when he said,
Their fear
Matthew 15:2
"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands."
Mark 7:2
They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to purify them.