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Then the scribes and the Pharisees came to him from Jerusalem, and said, [Then scribes and Pharisees came nigh to him from Jerusalem, saying,]
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Why break thy disciples the traditions of elder men [Why thy disciples break the traditions, either the teachings, of elder men]? for they wash not their hands, when they eat bread.
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He answered, and said to them, Why [also] break ye the commandment of God for your tradition?
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For God said, Honour thy father and thy mother [Honour thy father and mother], and he that curseth father or mother, die he by death.
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But ye say, Whoever saith to father or mother [But ye say, Whoever shall say to the father or mother], Whatever gift is of me, it shall profit to thee;
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and he hath not worshipped his father or his mother [and he shall not honour his father either mother]; and ye have made the commandment of God void for your tradition.
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Hypocrites, Esaias, the prophet, prophesied well of you, and said [saying],
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This people honoureth me with lips, but their heart is far from me;
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and they worship me without cause [truly they worship me without cause], teaching the doctrines and the commandments of men.
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And when the people were called together to him, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand ye. [+And the companies called together to him, he said to them, Hear, and understand.]
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That thing that entereth into the mouth, defouleth not a man [Not that thing that entereth into the mouth, defouleth a man]; but that thing that cometh out of the mouth, defouleth a man.