Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
**TRADITIONS RUIN...it becomes a Man's opinion of His OWN Religion...INSTEAD of a LIVELY FAITH; henceforth, It is viewed as TRADITION...per these verses all except one...
1.Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.~ ACTS 26:5
2.For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: ~GALATIONS 1:13
3.And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.~ GALATIONS 1:14
4. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.~ JAMES 1:26
---> RELIGION not in the sense of which we understand it...but in the FRUITFUL FAITH of a UTTER Zealous PROVING RELATIONSHIP with ALMIGHTY...You are exceeding and Different and exceptional with a manifestation of A LIVING GOD and HIS HOST IS ABOUT you and is ALIVE...NOT a religion but SOMETHING that effects the rhythm of YOUR HEART in LOVE TO THE beauty of HIS WAYS ... For when HE is for you WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU.. Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?...Believing for PAUL in ACTS clearly shows religion as a PHARISEE...and denounces such ways...then He becomes alive and as an AMBASSADOR NOT OF 'RELIGION' but of the LIVING GOD which keeps ALIVE in a beautiful Rhythm in ways that takes your breath away...for such that is PURE in (if you must call it religion, for I would prefer to call it the Beauty of Awesome Holy Supernatural Heartbeat of JESUS CHRIST...for YOU GOTTA TO KNOW HIM!!!
5. PURE RELIGION AND UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD AND THE FATHER IS THIS, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and TO KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD.~ JAMES 1:27
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
***Then He is a little annoyed at this question...due to their comprehension, for GOD's Intelligence is Almightily HIGH. For it was written already in the Law, howbeit, He saw as well their heart was so willing but the deep understanding was not there of the Law...the desire was their in THEIR Heart...therefore as KING DAVID prayed TEACH ME LORD YOUR COMMANDMENTS etc...
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
**These are the fruits of the FLESH, and then Devil just gives you the thought, humans act only on the Thoughts...FREEDOM is by the Remission of Sins by THE HOLY GHOST...of ACTS 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. for ALL BAPTIZED in the BIBLE as PETER and PAUL in JESUS NAME...If you can find one place where they were baptized differently I would give you anything you want after the day of Pentecost in the HOLY BIBLE...there is not one place...
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
In Reference to Mark 7:20-23 is the result of the law in Leviticus 18 being broken and NOT heeded to.
Leviticus 18...Modesty is Important AT all TIMES...due to the vile evil fruits of the Flesh
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall NOT commit any of these abominations; NEITHER any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 That the land spue NOT you out also, WHEN YE DEFILE IT, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
29 FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL COMMIT THESE ABOMINATIONS, EVEN THE SOULS THAT COMMIT THEM SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG THEIR PEOPLE.
**As Sodom and Gomorrah (Immoral & Violence for they were the worst) and Sidon and Tyre (Arrogance was so they tempted the LORD GOD by Boasting that Even God couldn't bring down this city so then it Came down, Isaiah 23), and the DAYS of NOAH (full of violence abusers of Mankind and Womenkind) The Abominable Things bring on curses FROM the ALMIGHTY GOD to oneself, then the family, then groups, then the city, then the state, then the nation, then the world...for It provokes His Jealousy to the things of which HE abhors and it is a PROMISE He will utterly destroy the EARTH as a result by HIS WORD...for HEAVEN and EARTH shall pass away but HIS WORDS shall STAND FOREVER...Per Luke 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.
***BE QUICK TO REPENT...AND REMEMBER THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR SALVATION...Is not He teaching you as well, for you that your heart is heavy...for you see these things bring on destruction...for what you knew was a false doctrine; clearly it is contrary to the word of GOD...therefore it is none of HIS...IF YOU CHOOSE To TURN away and serve the LIVING God and that not of a fallen angel not even satan...for satan is about destroying God JESUS CHRIST Kingdom for all False doctrines is as nothing...and is that of devils...there is not salvation because God says there is none beside me I know NOT ONE...JESUS CHRIST defies all LOGIC and Makes things happen by speaking HIS WORDS and IT WILL NOT RETURN VOID...but PROVING it will be FOUND and ALL other false doctrines will be cast in the lake of fire...because they didn't create the world nor heaven...neither can they raise the sick or dead and breath and bring life to them in ways of the deep....SERVE the LIVING GOD JESUS CHRIST...HIS LOVE PROVES...and manifest before all and proves them in the place of which they are UNDER HIS FEET.
The HOLY GHOST will TEACH you JOHN 14:26...and SUCH will "...Perfect ALLLLLL Concerning YOU..." Psalm 138:8. HE BRINGS LIFE with a Rhythm LIKE YOU wouldn't believe...all the others bring on death for where are they and where do they compare to JESUS CHRIST?
So Moses Writes these Laws to PROTECT and GIVE "ROYAL LOVE" for the Law is ROYAL LOVE...Hence with ALL these commandments Through OUT Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, Which Began IN GENESIS...NO WONDER MOSES states in PSALM 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. IT just makes Sense for IT IS A BATTLE but the Battle is NOT OURS but THE LORD's as KING DAVID Said in 1 SAMUEL 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD'S, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU INTO OUR HANDS. What is the Battle everyone of us has a battle...Hence there is a Psalm always appropriate for every situation of the which we struggle. King David fell from the Commandments and was an adulterer, murderer, liar, conspirator, and a thief. But when Prophet Nathan brought to HIS Remembrance He was QUICK TO REPENT...FOR NATHAN Said, "THOU ART THE MAN!" 2 Samuel 12 ... for King David though King...was still QUICK TO REPENT to the ALMIGHTY GOD...HE was a man after GOD's OWN HEART...but THOUGH KING I must STRESS...HE WAS NOT TOO haughty to be quick to REPENT.
2 Samuel 12
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
