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Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,
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Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
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But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
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For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
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But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:
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and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.
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Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
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This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
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but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.