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And the Pharisees and scribes asked him: Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients, but they eat bread with common hands?
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But he answering, said to them: Well did Isaias prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and precepts of men.
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For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.
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And he said to them: Well do you make void the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.
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For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
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But you say: If a man shall say to his father or mother, Corban (which is a gift) whatsoever is from me shall profit thee.
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And further you suffer him not to do any thing for his father or mother,
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Making void the word of God by your own tradition, which you have given forth. And many other such like things you do.
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And calling again the multitude unto him, he said to them: Hear ye me all and understand.
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There is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him. But the things which come from a man, those are they that defile a man.