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Mark 7:1-23
Key Verse 7:6b “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”
- Why did the Pharisees from Jerusalem criticize Jesus’ disciples? (1-5) What was the tradition of the elders? How had traditions probably developed and what was their purpose?
- Why did Jesus call the Pharisees hypocrites? (6) How did they fulfill Isaiah’s prophesy? (cf. Isaiah 29:13) What is more important than following traditions of men? (8)
- What example does Jesus give of their setting aside the commandments of God to hold to the traditions of men? (9-13) Can you think of an example of nullifying the word of God by our tradition?
- What did Jesus teach the crowd about what makes a person unclean? (14-19) How does this apply to the Pharisees’ criticism of the disciples?
- How does Mark apply Jesus’ word to eating clean and unclean food? (19b; cf, Leviticus 11:47, Acts 10:9-16)
- What really corrupts a person? (20-23; Jeremiah 17:9) How can we have pure hearts that are pleasing to God? (cf. Colossians 3:5-10)