Matthew:15:1-20

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* Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem approached Jesus , saying , * "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? For they do not wash their hands whenever they eat bread ." * He answered and said to them , "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God on account of your tradition ? * For God commanded , saying , 'Honor your father and your mother '; and , 'He who curses father or mother , with death let him die .' * But you say , 'Whoever says to his father or mother , "[It is ] a gift [to God ], whatever profit you might have received from me "- * then by no means should he honor his father or mother .' Thus you have nullified the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition . * Hypocrites ! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you , saying , * 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth , and they honor Me with their lips , but their heart is far away from Me . * And in vain they worship Me , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .' " * And having summoned the crowd , He said to them , "Hear and understand : * Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man ; but what comes out of the mouth , this defiles a man ." * Then His disciples approached and said to Him , "You know that when the Pharisees heard this message they were offended ?" * But He answered and said , "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted . * Leave them alone . They are blind guides of the blind . And if the blind guides the blind , both will fall into a ditch ." * Then Peter answered and said to Him , "Explain to us this parable ." * So Jesus said , "Are you also still without understanding ? * Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach , and is cast out into a latrine ? * But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart , and they defile a man . * For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , fornications , thefts , false witness , blasphemies . * These are the things which defile a man , but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man ."

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