Sacrificing Rules to Justify Yourself, Mark 7.1-23

When the Pharisees and Scribes confront Jesus about his disciples not ritually washing hands before eating, Jesus confronts them with their ability to sacrifice the rules of God with man-made traditions in order to justify themselves. In what ways do we do this today? How are we to overcome this desire?

Image: The Field of Derout-Lollichon, by Paul Gauguin, public domain by release from LACMA. Image location: https://collections.lacma.org/node/253530