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And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
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And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
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Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
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And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.
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And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
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And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
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For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
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And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.