You clean the outside. They had a ritual for washing the outside of cups and plates, and they would not eat or drink from anything that had not been prepared in this way. Clean what is inside the cup first. Jesus says they must make their heart pure first, then the ritual purity will take care of itself. This applies to all who put ritual purity ahead of personal purity [or doctrinal purity ahead of personal purity]. 1 Peter 1:15-16

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Old Testament