Mark 7:6-9

The traditions made by man will not save anyone.

The Commands of God  to love Him above any person, place or object and to place the needs of others above our own…does!

All of the Commandments are fulfilled in  Jesus.

Think of the grace, giving and generosity of our heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus. God gave His only Son so that anyone who believes in Him could have eternal life (John 3:16). Jesus is the embodiment of grace, choosing to leave the throne room of heaven and experience the depths of the poverty of humanity "so that [we] by his poverty might become rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). First5

Mark 7:6-9

6 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. 7 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.” 9 He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. The New King James Version

Jesus quotes Isaiah 29:13, which is part of an oracle condemning the people of Jerusalem, and by extension God’s people in general, for failing to follow God’s commandments. Jesus is accusing the Pharisees of favoring their own traditions over the law of Moses—which is ironic, since they claimed to be leading interpreters and practitioners of Mosaic law. Faithlife Study Bible

Jesus did not directly answer the question but instead addressed two more significant issues: (1) the superiority of God’s law over man-made tradition and (2) the difference between ceremonial and true moral defilement. 

Jesus enters into the argument by calling His adversaries hypocrites. The term originally referred to actors who wore masks on stage as they played different characters. Thus the Pharisees were not genuinely religious; they were merely playing a part for all to see.

In earlier times the Hebrews held the written law of God, the Torah, in such esteem that they would not write down their reflections on it, lest they should tempt later generations to consider their words as important as God’s law. But as time went on, written commentaries on the law, collected in the Talmud, assumed greater authority than the Torah itself. The NKJV Study Bible

One great design of Christ’s coming was, to set aside the ceremonial law; and to make way for this, he rejects the ceremonies men added to the law of God’s making. Those clean hands and that pure heart which Christ bestows on his disciples, and requires of them, are very different from the outward and superstitious forms of Pharisees of every age. Jesus reproves them for rejecting the commandment of God. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Isaiah 29:13 

Therefore the LORD said:

“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths

And honor Me with their lips,

But have removed their hearts far from Me,

And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,

Mark 7:13 making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.”