Matthew:15:1-20

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* Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus , saying , * "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread ." * He answered and said to them , "Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition ? * For God commanded , saying , "Honor your father and your mother '; and , "He who curses father or mother , let him be put to death .' * But you say , "Whoever says to his father or mother , "Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God "-- * then he need not honor his father or mother .' Thus you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition . * Hypocrites ! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you , saying : * "These people draw near to Me with their mouth , And honor Me with their lips , But their heart is far from Me . * And in vain they worship Me , Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men ."' * When He had called the multitude to Himself , 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 came and said to Him , "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying ?" * But He answered and said , "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted . * Let them alone . They are blind leaders of the blind . And if the blind leads the blind , both will fall into a ditch ." * Then Peter answered and said to Him , "Explain this parable to us ." * 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 eliminated ? * But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart , and they defile a 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 unwashed hands does not defile a man ."

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