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Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
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"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat."
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He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
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For God said, "Honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.'
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But you say that whoever tells father or mother, "Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,' then that person need not honor the father.
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So, for the sake of your tradition, you make void the word of God.
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You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said:
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"This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;
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in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.' "