Matthew:15:1-20
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ?
for they (
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Which they received handed down from their ancestors ,
or their elders allowed ,
who were the governors of the Church .(:
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wash not their hands when they eat bread .
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For God commanded ,
saying , (
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By honour is meant every duty which children owe to their parents .(:
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Honour thy father and mother :
and ,
He that curseth father or mother ,
let him die the death .
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But ye say , (
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The meaning is this :
whatever I bestow upon the temple ,
is to your profit ,
for it is as good as if I gave it to you ,
for (
as the Pharisees of our time say )
it will be meritorious for you :
for under this form of religion ,
they gathered all to themselves ,
as though he that had given anything to the temple ,
had done the duty of a child .(:
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Whosoever shall say to [
his ]
father or [
his ]
mother , [
It is ]
a gift ,
by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ;
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And honour not his father or his mother , [
he shall be free ].
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none (
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As much as you could ,
you destroyed the power and authority of the commandment :
for otherwise the commandments of God stand fast in the Church of God ,
in spite of the world and Satan .(:
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effect by your tradition .
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This people draweth neere vnto me with their mouth ,
and honoureth me with the lips ,
but their heart is farre off from me .
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But in vaine they worship me ,
teaching for doctrines ,
mens precepts .
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That which goeth into the mouth ,
defileth not the man ,
but that which commeth out of the mouth ,
that defileth the man .
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Then came his disciples ,
and saide vnto him ,
Perceiuest thou not ,
that the Pharises are offended in hearing this saying ?
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But hee answered and saide ,
Euery plant which mine heauenly Father hath not planted ,
shalbe rooted vp .
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Let them alone ,
they be the blinde leaders of the blinde :
and if the blinde leade ye blinde ,
both shall fall into the ditche .
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Then answered Peter ,
and said to him ,
Declare vnto vs this parable .
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Then said Iesus ,
Are ye yet without vnderstanding ?
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Perceiue ye not yet ,
that whatsoeuer entreth into the mouth ,
goeth into the bellie ,
and is cast out into the draught ?
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But those thinges which proceede out of the mouth ,
come from the heart ,
and they defile the man .
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For out of the heart come euil thoughts ,
murders ,
adulteries ,
fornications ,
thefts ,
false testimonies ,
slaunders .
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These are the things ,
which defile the man :
but to eat with vnwashen hands ,
defileth not ye man .
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