Dirty eating utensils like cups and bowls are a health hazard. The Pharisees were very particular to wash them in a ceremonial way which enabled everybody to see that the outside was clean. It was like that with the Pharisees themselves, and so Jesus used their religious habits as a parable. He knew the inside of their hearts, and He saw through their holy rituals to the inner corruption that motivated their lives.
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