8For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
9And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.c
Mark 7 pivots from Jesus’ Galilean ministry into a deeper confrontation with the religious establishment and a surprising expansion of his mission. The chapter opens with Pharisees and scribes challenging Jesus over ceremonial handwashing, which he turns into a devastating critiq
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