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Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
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`This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
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But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.'"
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And He called the multitude and said unto them, "Hear and understand:
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Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man, but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man."
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Then came His disciples and said unto Him, "Knowest Thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?"
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But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up.
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Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
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Then answered Peter and said unto Him, "Explain to us this parable."
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And Jesus said, "Are ye also yet without understanding?
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Do ye not yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?