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Jesus then said to them, "You have a fine way of setting aside God's commands! You do this so you can follow your own teachings.
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Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother.'(Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16) He also said, 'If anyone calls down a curse on his father or mother, he will be put to death.'(Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9)
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But you allow people to say to their parents, 'Any help you might have received from us is Corban.' (Corban means 'a gift set apart for God.' )
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So you no longer let them do anything for their parents.
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You make the word of God useless by putting your own teachings in its place. And you do many things like that."
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Again Jesus called the crowd to him. He said, "Listen to me, everyone. Understand this.
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Nothing outside of you can make you 'unclean' by going into you. It is what comes out of you that makes you 'unclean.' "
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Then he left the crowd and entered the house. His disciples asked him about this teaching.
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"Don't you understand?" Jesus asked. "Don't you see? Nothing that enters people from the outside can make them 'unclean.'
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It doesn't go into the heart. It goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body." In saying this, Jesus was calling all foods "clean."