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For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
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But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:
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and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.
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Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
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This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
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but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.
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And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:
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Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
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Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?
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But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
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Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.