14 but they have (A)walked according to the [a]dictates of their own hearts and after the Baals, (B)which their fathers taught them,”

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  1. Jeremiah 9:14 stubbornness or imagination

14 Instead, they have followed(A) the stubbornness of their hearts;(B) they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.”

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(A)“Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

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“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(A)

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For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands [a]in a special way, holding the (A)tradition of the elders.

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  1. Mark 7:3 Lit. with the fist

(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.(A)

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Beware lest anyone [a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to (A)the tradition of men, according to the (B)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

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  1. Colossians 2:8 Lit. plunder you or take you captive

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(A) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(B) rather than on Christ.

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  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20