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Then come to Jesus Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem ,
saying ,
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders ?
for they wash not their hands when they eat bread .
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But he answered and said to them ,
Why do ye too transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition ?
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For God commanded ,
saying , "
Honor thy father and thy mother ;"
and , "
He that curseth father or mother ,
let him surely die ."
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But ye say ,
Whoever shall say to his father or his mother ,
Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is a gift ,
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he shall not honor his father or his mother .
Thus have ye made void the law of God for the sake of your tradition .
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Hypocrites !
well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you ,
saying ,
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This people honoreth me with their lips ,
but their heart is far from me .
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But in vain do they worship me ,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men ."
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And calling the multitude ,
he said to them ,
Hear ,
and understand .
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Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man ;
but that which cometh out of the mouth ,
this defileth a man .
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Then come the disciples ,
and say to him ,
Dost thou know that the Pharisees were offended ,
when they heard that saying ?
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But he answered and said ,
Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be rooted up .
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Let them alone ;
they are blind leaders of the blind .
And if the blind lead the blind ,
both will fall into a ditch .
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And Peter answering said to him ,
Explain to us that dark saying .
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And he said ,
Are ye too still without discernment ?
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Do ye not understand ,
that whatever entereth the mouth goeth into the stomach ,
and is cast out into the drain ?
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But the things which proceed from the mouth come out of the heart ;
and these defile a man .
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For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts ,
murders ,
adulteries ,
fornications ,
thefts ,
false testimony ,
blasphemies .
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These are the things which defile a man ;
but to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man .