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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Mark 7:6-7 → Isaiah 29:13

Quotation

Later text

Mark 7:6-7BSB

Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

Earlier text

Isaiah 29:13BSB

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:30

Significance

Jesus quotes Isaiah 29:13 to indict the religious leaders for honoring God with lips while their hearts remain distant, substituting human traditions for divine commands. Isaiah's context condemned Jerusalem's superficial worship while practicing injustice. Jesus applies this to the Pharisaic tradition that nullifies God's word through human additions. This confrontation reveals Jesus' authority to interpret Torah authentically and challenges the entire tradition-based system. The charge of hypocrisy exposes how religious externalism can mask covenant unfaithfulness, preparing for Jesus' teaching that defilement comes from within (7:14-23).

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy