Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Mark 7:1-13

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary TimeMk 7:1-13So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him,"Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the eldersbut instead eat a meal with unclean hands?"  He responded,"Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites,as it is written:This people honors me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me;in vain do they worship me,teaching as doctrines human precepts.You disregard God's commandment but cling to human tradition."