15:1-20
The Pharisees and teachers of the Law continued to try and catch Jesus out, using his disciples as the “weak” point. However, they betrayed their fundamental failure, they focused on externals. So they raised the matter of hand washing.
Jesus immediately turned the tables on them, drawing attention to how they broke the law of God. They had found a “clever” way of getting round the command to look after our parents. Jesus quotes from Is 29:13, their supposed honouring of God was nothing but a sham.
Jesus then turns to the crowds and teaches them the truth. \it is what is inside our hearts that defiles us. The disciples realised how offensive this was to the religious leaders. Jesus responds that they were blind guides and would be rejected by God. They were not the people to fear or listen to. Our hearts are the problem.
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