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Podcast: Open the Bible UK Daily
Episode: Measure Your Life by the Right Standard
Description: âYou leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.âMark 7:8The religious leaders of Jesusâ day were scrupulous about ceremonial washing (7:3-4). They felt that these rituals would preserve purity before God. But Jesus says, âYou leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of menâ (7:8).
He gives an example: âMoses said, âHonour your father and your motherâ⌠But you say, âIf a man tells his father or his mother, âWhatever you would have gained from me is Corbanââ (that is, given to God)âthen you no longer permit him to do a...