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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.
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Then his disciples came and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this word?
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But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
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Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
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Then Peter answered and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
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Do not ye yet understand that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly and is cast out into the draught?