Matthew:15:1-20

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ylt @Matthew:15:1 @Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem -- scribes and Pharisees -- saying , ylt @Matthew:15:2 @'Wherefore do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ? for they do not wash their hands when they may eat bread .' ylt @Matthew:15:3 @And he answering said to them , 'Wherefore also do ye transgress the command of God because of your tradition ? ylt @Matthew:15:4 @for God did command , saying , Honour thy father and mother ; and , He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death ; ylt @Matthew:15:5 @but ye say , Whoever may say to father or mother , An offering [is ] whatever thou mayest be profited by me ; -- ylt @Matthew:15:6 @and he may not honour his father or his mother , and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition . ylt @Matthew:15:7 @'Hypocrites , well did Isaiah prophesy of you , saying , ylt @Matthew:15:8 @This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth , and with the lips it doth honour Me , but their heart is far off from Me ; ylt @Matthew:15:9 @and in vain do they worship Me , teaching teachings -- commands of men .' ylt @Matthew:15:10 @And having called near the multitude , he said to them , 'Hear and understand : ylt @Matthew:15:11 @not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man , but that which is coming forth from the mouth , this defileth the man .' ylt @Matthew:15:12 @Then his disciples having come near , said to him , 'Hast thou known that the Pharisees , having heard the word , were stumbled ?' ylt @Matthew:15:13 @And he answering said , 'Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up ; ylt @Matthew:15:14 @let them alone , guides they are -- blind of blind ; and if blind may guide blind , both into a ditch shall fall .' ylt @Matthew:15:15 @And Peter answering said to him , 'Explain to us this simile .' ylt @Matthew:15:16 @And Jesus said , 'Are ye also yet without understanding ? ylt @Matthew:15:17 @do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly , and into the drain is cast forth ? ylt @Matthew:15:18 @but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth , and these defile the man ; ylt @Matthew:15:19 @for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts , murders , adulteries , whoredoms , thefts , false witnessings , evil speakings : ylt @Matthew:15:20 @these are the things defiling the man ; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man .'

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