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Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:
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This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me.
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And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.
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And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to them: Hear ye and understand.
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Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?
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But he answering, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.
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And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.
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But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?
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Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?