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Matthew 15:1-6
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Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked him,
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"Why is it that your disciples disobey the teaching handed down by our ancestors? They don't wash their hands in the proper way before they eat!"
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Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching?
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For God said, "Respect your father and your mother,' and "If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'
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But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, "This belongs to God,'
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they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.
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15.4 a
Exodus 20.12
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Deuteronomy 5.16
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Exodus 21.17
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Leviticus 20.9
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[a].
their father; [some manuscripts have] their father or mother.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.