Love Rules

From bleacherreport.com

"One day the Pharisees gathered around Jesus, and with them were some teachers fo the Lase who had just come from Jerusalem.

"They noticed that some of the disciples were eating their meal with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.  Now the Pharisees, and in fact all the Jews, never eat without washing their hands, for they follow the tradition received from their ancestors.  Nor do they eat anything, when they come form the market, without first washing themselves.  And there are many other traditions they observe;  for example, the ritual washing of cups, pots and plates.

"So the Pharsiees and the teachers of the Lase asked him, 'Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders, but eat with unclean hands?'

"Jesus answered, 'You shallow people!  How well Isaiah prophesied of you when he wrote:  This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  The worship they offer me is worthless, for what they teach are only human rules.  You even put aside the commandment of God to hold fast to human tradition.'

"Jesus then called the people to him again and said to them, 'Listen to me, all of you, and try to understand.  Nothing that enters a person from the outside can make that person unclean.  It is what comes from within that makes a person unclean.

"'...for evil designs come out of the heart:  theft, murder, adultery, jealousy, greed, maliciousness, deceit, indecency, slander, pride and folly.  All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'"

Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23

"Help me, Lord, to remember to follow Your law of love."

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