Reading for December 31st

Read Mark 7.1-23 (Mt 15.1-20) Pharisaic traditions.
In verses 1-4 likely writing to a gentile audience, Mark explains Pharisaic customs.
Tradition of the elders interprets biblical law and provides direction for sanctifying daily life.
In verse 5 the focus of disciples suggests debate between church and synagogue;
Jesus' followers began to differentiate themselves from Jewish practices.
In verses 6-7 Cities Isa. 29.13 from the Septuagint.
In verse 11 Corban is property dedicated to the Temple;
this particular practice is not recorded in any Jewish text.
In verse 19 Mark interprets Jesus to mean that the Torah's dietary laws are abrogated
(see Acts 10, 15; Gal 2 for alternative explanations for rescinding biblical commandments).
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