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- Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
- Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
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- Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
- "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
- Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
- For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
- But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,'
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- And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
- Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
- This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
- But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
- And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
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- he is not to 'honor his father' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
- " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
- They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'"
- Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.
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- Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
- Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
- But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
- Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
- Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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- What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' "
- Then the disciples came to him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?"
- He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
- Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit."
- Peter said, "Explain the parable to us."
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- And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
- Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
- But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
- For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
- These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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- "Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them.
- "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
- But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.'
- For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
- These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' "
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