In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. The worship that is in vain — the ritual observance that does not correspond to the heart's alignment with God's purposes — is the worship that the Pharisees' tradition-teaching produces. Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men is what the tradition-over-commandment practice amounts to: human additions treated as divine requirements.

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