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And ye pharises came togedder vnto him and dyvers of ye scribes which came from Ierusalem.
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And whe they sawe certayne of his disciples eate breed wt comen hondes (that is to saye wt vnwesshen hondes) they coplayned.
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For the pharises and all the Iewes excepte they washe their hondes ofte eate not observinge the tradicions of the elders.
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And whe they come from the market except they washe they eate not. And many other thinges ther be which they have taken apon them to observe as the wasshinge of cuppes and cruses and of brasen vessels and of tables.
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Then axed him the pharises and sribes why walke not thy disciples accordinge to ye tradicions of the elders but eate breede with vnweshen hondes?
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He answered and sayde vnto them: well prophesied Esaias of you ypocrites as it is writte: This people honoreth me with their lyppes but their hert is farre from me:
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In vayne they worshippe me teachinge doctryns which are nothinge but ye comaundementes of men.
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For ye laye the commaundement of God aparte and observe the tradicions of men as the wesshinge of cruses and of cuppes and many other suche lyke thinges ye do.
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And he sayde vnto them: well ye cast asyde the comaundement of God to mayntayne youre owne tradicios.
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For Moses sayde: Honoure thy father and thy mother: and whosoever cursseth father or mother let him dye for it.