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Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked him,
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"Why is it that your disciples disobey the teaching handed down by our ancestors? They don't wash their hands in the proper way before they eat!"
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Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching?
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For God said, "Respect your father and your mother,' and "If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'
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But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, "This belongs to God,'
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they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.
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You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you!
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"These people, says God, honor me with their words,
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It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!' "
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Then Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand!