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•6耶稣说：“以赛亚指着你们假冒为善之人所说的预言是不错的。如经上说：‘这百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心却远离我。7他们将人的吩咐，当作道理教导人，所以拜我也是枉然。’
•8你们是离弃 神的诫命，拘守人的遗传。”9又说：“你们诚然是废弃 神的诫命，要守自己的遗传。10摩西说：‘当孝敬父母，’又说：‘咒骂父母的，必治死他。’11你们倒说：‘人若对父母说：我所当奉给你的，已经作了各耳板’（各耳板就是供献的意思），12以后你们就不容他再奉养父母。13这就是你们承接遗传，废了 神的道；你们还作许多这样的事。”
法利赛人是自以为义的律法主义者的缩影。他们利用律法让自己显得公义。他们尊崇犹太人的传统，甚至凌驾于神的律法之上。他们滥用法律来为自己生活中的邪恶行为开脱。耶稣揭露了他们的假冒为善。耶稣举了其中一个例子。
前面法利赛人问耶稣，“你的门徒为什么不照古人的遗传，用俗手吃饭呢？”在回答法利赛人的问题时，耶稣告诉他们，他们甚至已经弃绝了神的诫命，为的是要守自己的传统。耶稣通过指出他们对“各耳板”的滥用，来证明他们败坏了神的律法。摩西教导神的子民要“孝敬父母”(出埃及记20:12)，但是法利赛人却废弃了这个命令，他们教导只要人们奉献钱给圣殿，就可以代替帮助有需要的父母。本来是用来供养年迈父母的钱，都可以捐给圣殿。这就是“各耳板”，只要做了“各耳板”，就可以免除一个人对父母供养的责任。也就是说，法利赛人制定的这个规矩，以一种合法的方式收取奉献，但却是以一种违背神律法的、狡猾的方式来欺骗父母、让他们自己变得富有。在法利赛人自己看来，“这是完全合法的。”，但却是完全错误的。
在我们谴责法利赛人之前，也许我们应该揭露我们自己的假冒为善。我们是否曾经故意去做一些我们明知是不对的事情，但我们善于找各种借口让这些事情看起来正确？人们常常嘴上喊着， “这是完全合法的!”比如人们知道卖出有潜在问题的商品是错误的，但人们声称“只要合法就行”。
记住，在上帝面前，我们永远是没有面具的。我们的假冒为善在神面前掩盖不了任何事。即使我们不带面具，耶稣仍然爱我们，为我们舍己，把自己作为馨香的供物和祭物献给神。
祷告:亲爱的主啊，我感谢你，我无法在你面前戴着伪装的面具。我对别人的假冒为善也许不会被发现，但却无法对你掩藏。主啊，请饶恕我的假冒为善!阿们。
Mark 7:6-13: He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’ 8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” 9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ 11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.” (NIV)
The Pharisees were the epitome of what it means to be a self-righteous legalist. They used the law to justify themselves. They honored their traditions even above the law. And they misused the law to excuse otherwise evil behavior in their lives. Jesus unmasks their hypocrisy. He cites an example of one of those practices.
In answer to the Pharisees’ question, Jesus told them that they had rejected the commandment of God in order to keep their own tradition. Jesus gives the proof of their corruption of the Law by citing their use of “Corban.” Moses had instructed God’s people to “honor their father and mother” (Exodus 20:12), but the Pharisees negated that command by teaching that they could give money to the temple in lieu of helping their parents in need. Whatever money might have been used to provide for aging parents could be dedicated to the temple treasury instead. Saying, “It is Corban,” would exempt a person from his responsibility to his parents. In other words, the Pharisees took a legitimate Corban offering and used it in an illegitimate and devious way to defraud their parents (and enrich themselves). But in their minds, “it was perfectly legal.” Just not right!
Before we condemn the Pharisees, perhaps we should unmask the hypocrisy in ourselves. Have we ever justified doing something we knew wasn’t right because we found a way to justify it by the law? “It’s perfectly legal!” is a phrase we aren’t afraid to use, is it? It’s not right to sell a car with hidden problems, but “it’s perfectly legal.”
Remember that before God, we are always unmasked. We can never get away with our hypocrisy. But even without our masks, Jesus still loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Prayer: Dear Lord, I am thankful that I cannot wear a mask of pretense before you. I may get away with such hypocrisy with people, but not with you. Forgive me, Lord, even for my hypocrisy! Amen.