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And the Pharisees ,
and some of the scholars ,
having come from Jerusalem ,
gathered in to him .
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And having seen some of his disciples eating their loaves with profane hands ,
that is ,
unwashed ,
they accused them .
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For the Pharisees ,
and all the Jews ,
unless they wash their hands carefully ,
do not eat ,
holding the tradition of the elders .
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And coming from the marketplace ,
they do not eat unless they bathe .
And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain :
washings of cups ,
and pots ,
and brazen vessels ,
and beds .)
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Then the Pharisees and the scholars demand of him ,
Why do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders ,
but eat their bread with unwashed hands ?
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And having answered ,
he said to them ,
Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites ,
as it is written ,
This people honors me with their lips ,
but their heart is far distant from me .
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But in vain they worship me ,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .
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For having set aside the commandment of God ,
ye hold the tradition of men :
washings of pots and cups and many other such like things ye do .
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And he said to them ,
Well do ye reject the commandment of God ,
so that ye may keep your tradition .
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For Moses said ,
Honor thy father and thy mother ,
and ,
He who speaks evil of father or mother ,
let him perish in death .
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But ye say ,
If a man should say to his father or mother ,
Whatever ye might be benefited from me is Corban ,
that is ,
an offering ,
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then ye no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother ,
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annulling the word of God by your tradition that ye have delivered .
And many such like things ye do .
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And having summoned all the people ,
he said to them ,
Hear me all of you ,
and understand .
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There is nothing outside the man ,
entering into him that can defile him ,
but the things coming out of him those are the things that defile the man .
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If any man has ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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And when he entered into a house from the crowd ,
his disciples questioned him about the parable .
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And he says to them ,
Are also ye so without understanding ?
Do ye not perceive that everything outside that enters into the man cannot defile him ,
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because it does not enter into his heart ,
but into the belly ,
and goes out into the toilet (
making all foods clean )?
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And he said ,
That which comes out of the man ,
that defiles the man .
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For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts ,
adulteries ,
fornications ,
murders ,
thefts ,
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covetings ,
wickednesses ,
deceit ,
licentiousness ,
an evil eye ,
reviling ,
pride ,
foolishness .
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All these evil things come from inside ,
and defile the man .