Hypocrites Perform Small Duties and Neglect Great
Mark 7:1-16
Then came together to him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.…


Hypocrites make much ado about small things that they may be more easy in their consciences while living in great sins. They pay the tithe of mint to a fraction, but rob God of His glory by their self-righteousness. They give God the shells, and steal the kernels for their own pride and self-will.

(C. H. Spurgeon.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.

WEB: Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.




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