Many Jews and Pharisees, the majority in the time of Jesus were rigorous in living and completing the exterior practice of the law: washing hands various times before eating, completing appropriate rituals for cleaning each object, concerning oneself with food considered impure, in case hypothetically some was eaten. All this reveals a great concern with the exterior, with that which appears and that which one sees. But Jesus is going deeper, In other words, He is inviting them to discern their true motives. Continue reading →