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- The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and
- saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed.
- (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
- When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
- So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with 'unclean' hands?"
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- The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem,
- and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed.
- (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;
- and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)
- The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?"
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- He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: " '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.'
- You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men."
- And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions!
- For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
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- And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
- 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'
- "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."
- He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.
- "For Moses said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'; and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH';
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- But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),
- then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.
- Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
- Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
- Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "
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- but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),'
- you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;
- thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."
- After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
- there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.
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- After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
- "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'?
- For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")
- He went on: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.'
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- ["If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."]
- When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable.
- And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him,
- because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)
- And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
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- For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
- All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' "
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- "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
- deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness.
- "All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
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