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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus continues to rebuke the scribes and Pharisees.
-
 # You abandon the commandment of God
 
 "You refuse to obey the commandment of God"
 
 # hold on to
 
-This phrase is a metaphor for strictly obeying. Alternate translation: "strictly obey" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"strictly obey"