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1 Some Pharisees and some teachers of the law came from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked,
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Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 "Why don't your disciples obey what the elders teach? Your disciples don't wash their hands before they eat!"
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“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
3 Jesus replied, "And why don't you obey God's command? You would rather follow your own teachings!
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Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 God 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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For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
5 But you allow people to say to their parents, 'Any help you might have received from us is a gift set apart for God.'
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But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
6 So they do not need to honor their parents with their gift. You make the word of God useless in order to follow your own teachings.
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they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
7 "You pretenders! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you. He said,
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You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 " 'These people honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me.
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“ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
9 Their worship doesn't mean anything to me. They teach nothing but human rules.' " (Isaiah 29:13)
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They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”
10 Jesus called the crowd to him. He said, "Listen and understand.
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Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 What goes into your mouth does not make you 'unclean.' It's what comes out of your mouth that makes you 'unclean.' "
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What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12 Then the disciples came to him. They asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were angry when they heard this?"
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Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 Jesus replied, "There are plants that my Father in heaven has not planted. They will be pulled up by the roots.
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He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
14 Leave them. The Pharisees are blind guides. If a blind person leads another who is blind, both of them will fall into a pit."
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Leave them; they are blind guides.If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter said, "Explain this to us."
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Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 "Don't you understand yet?" Jesus asked them.
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“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
17 "Don't you see? Everything that enters the mouth goes into the stomach. Then it goes out of the body.
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“Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart. Those are the things that make you 'unclean.'
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But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
19 Evil thoughts come out of the heart. So do murder, adultery, and other sexual sins. And so do stealing, false witness, and telling lies about others.
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For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
20 Those are the things that make you 'unclean.' But eating without washing your hands does not make you 'unclean.' "
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These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
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