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Then Perushim and Sofrim come to Yeshua from Yerushalayim, saying,
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"Why do your talmidim disobey the tradition of the Zakenim? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread."
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He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the mitzvah of God because of your tradition?
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For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
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But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
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he will not honor his father or mother.' You have made the mitzvah of God void because of your tradition.
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You hypocrites! Well did Yesha`yahu prophesy of you, saying,
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'These people draw near to me with their mouth, And honor me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
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But in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
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He called the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
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That which enters into the mouth doesn't defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."