Today's readings are here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/020712.cfm
"In vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts."
Why did Christ give us the Magisterium (bishops in union with the pope)? To keep us from making the same mistake the Pharisees and scribes made in today's Gospel, that is, from worshiping God in vain according to human teachings.
In order for us to know who God is and what he expects from us, we need a revelation from him about these things, because we cannot discover them on our own.
The foundation of this revelation is contained in the Bible; however, Christ knew we would need more than just the Bible and our individual interpretations of it. He knew we would need two more things. First, Tradition (that out of which Scripture came and which is the correct lens through which the Bible is to be interpreted). Second, an authoritative interpreter of Scripture and Tradition, that is, an interpreter to whom he has given the authority to help us to understand correctly what God has revealed to us about himself and what he expects from us; and this authoritative interpreter is the Magisterium.
If we want to know God truly (though not exhaustively or fully) and worship him according to truth (that is, as he wants to be worshiped), then let us humbly listen to our Lord's voice through the Magisterium's interpretation of Scripture through Tradition.
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