Mark 7:6 meaning and explanation

Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

Mark 7:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is answering Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem who have challenged His disciples for eating with unwashed hands. He quotes Isaiah 29:13, where God speaks through the prophet about people whose worship is outward only.

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