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1 Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
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Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 "Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
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“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
3 And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
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Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 "For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.'
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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 say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to 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 he is not to honor his father or his mother .' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
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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 hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
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You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
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