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Then certain scribes and Pharisees of Jerusalem came unto Jesus, saying,
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
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But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.
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But ye say, Whosoever shall say to
his father or
his mother, Whatever I might have helped thee with is already my offering
unto God,
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and
now has no need to honour his father or his mother
with succour. Thus ye have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
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Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
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This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth and honours me with
their lips, but their heart is far from me.
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But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
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And calling the multitude unto him, he said unto them, Hear and understand:
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not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.