Summary: Today’s Scripture:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Scribes and Pharisees: 5 Why don’t Your disciples follow the traditions passed down to us? Why do they eat their bread with defiled hands?<br> Jesus: 6 Isaiah prophesied wisely about your religious pretensions when he wrote,<br> <br> <br> These people honor Me with words off their lips;<br> meanwhile their hearts are far from Me.<br> 7 Their worship is empty, void of true devotion.<br> They teach a human commandment, memorized and practiced by rote.[<a title="See footnote a" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+7%3A5-16&version=VOICE#fen-VOICE-23739a">a</a>]<br> <br> <br> 8 When you cling blindly to your own traditions [such as washing utensils and cups],[<a title="See footnote b" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+7%3A5-16&version=VOICE#fen-VOICE-23740b">b</a>] you completely miss God’s command. 9 Then, indeed, you have perfected setting aside God’s commands for the sake of your tradition. 10 Moses gave you God’s commandment: “Honor your father and your mother.”[<a title="See footnote c" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+7%3A5-16&version=VOICE#fen-VOICE-23742c">c</a>] And also, “If you curse your father or your mother, you will be put to death.”[<a title="See footnote d" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+7%3A5-16&version=VOICE#fen-VOICE-23742d">d</a>] 11 But you say to your aged parents, “I’ve decided that the support you were expecting from me will now be the holy offering set aside for God.” 12 After that he is not allowed to do anything for his parents. 13 Do you think God wants you to honor your traditions that you have passed down? This is only one of many places where you are blind. 14 (to the crowd that had gathered) Listen, all of you, to this teaching. I want you to understand. 15 There is nothing outside someone that can corrupt him. Only the things that come out of a person can corrupt him. [16 All who have ears to hear, let them listen.][<a title="See footnote e" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+7%3A5-16&version=VOICE#fen-VOICE-23748e">e</a>]<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Pray Every Day is now an APP!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Access Pray Every Day every single day on this new app! Not only can you listen, but I’ve created 365 daily devotions you can read as well–all about connecting deeply with Jesus, finding healing, and experiencing His presence. Download the app here:<br> <br> * <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.higleyrachel.everyday">Google Play</a><br> * <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pray-every-day-with-mary/id1445936999?ls=1&mt=8">Apple</a><br> <br> Journal:<br> <br> <br> Now you can<a href="https://amzn.to/2T9uj8p"> journal your way through the Pray Every Day Show!</a> WOOT! This 92-day lined journal will take you through 92 days where you reflect upon the scripture I’ve read. Simply come here, write down today’s verse (there’s space for that), then pen your prayer below. There’s also space every day to list things you’re grateful for and reflect back upon answered prayer. Collect all four for a year’s worth of reflection!<br> <br> Join the Movement:<br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/prayeveryday"></a><br> Support Pray Every Day in a tangible way! <a href="https://www.patreon.com/prayeveryday">Click here</a> to become a patron of the show.<br> If you <a href="https://www.patreon.com/prayeveryday">support the show at $10 or more per month</a>, you’ll receive free original artwork AND your name on Pray Every Day’s brick wall (below). The wall is posted on every single show post DAILY. Woohoo! Here are our current $10 or more sponsors who believe in bringing Pray Every Day to the nations!
