TRIV In Mark 7, what commandment did Jesus criticize the Pharisees for not obeying?

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, ... Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 1 Samuel 15:2

Trivia: What was the name of the Philistine god who fell on his face (twice) in front of the ark of God in Ashdod?

In Mark 7, what commandment did Jesus criticize the Pharisees for not obeying?


The commandmet to kill children who curse their parents

(See Ex 21:15, Lev 20:9, Dt 21:18-21) Mark 21:18
Jesus was defending himself when the Pharisees accused him of not washing his hands before eating.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Mark 7:9
He [Jesus] said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Mark 7:9

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