God was speaking to the pharisees who practiced all these rituals from their elders. Then looked down on God when he didn't do them. Then God basically said they love their tradition more than they love him or follow him.
How many times do we get stuck in doing our same sins over and over again? We know God has set forth rules and plans for us but we get stuck in our old habits and following our friends, that we inadvertently stop following Him.
We are called to walk by faith not by sight 2 Cor 5:7... We should be focused on God not on what we see. Not only on what we understand but on what our Father says. What sticks out to me in this verse is that it says walk by faith. Not stand in faith or dream in faith, but walk in it. Take action, let it take over you. We are called to live a life in faith not just go off in our own thoughts and habits (traditions).
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them." (Mark 7:14, 15 NIV) We really need to work on what we do in this life. To really strive for living a life that gives God all the glory... We are made in his image lets act like it!
Have a blessed day,
Vicente Hernandez