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8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
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You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
9 And he said unto them,Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
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And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observeyour own traditions!
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
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For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
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But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)—
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
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then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
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Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them,Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
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Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
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Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
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After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
18 And he saith unto them,Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
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“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
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