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Then came togetheruntohim the Pharisees,andcertain of the scribes, which camefromJerusalem.
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And when they sawsome of hisdiscipleseatbread with defiled,[a] that is to say, with unwashen,hands, they found fault.
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For the Pharisees,andall the Jews,except they wash their handsoft,[b]eatnot,holding the tradition of the elders.
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And when they come from the market,except they wash, they eatnot.Andmany other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups,andpots*,[c] brasen vessels,and of tables.
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Then the Phariseesandscribesaskedhim,Whywalknotthydisciplesaccording to the tradition of the elders,buteatbread with unwashenhands?
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He answeredandsaid unto them*, Well hath Esaiasprophesiedofyouhypocrites,as it is written, Thispeoplehonourethme with their lips,buttheirheartisfarfromme.
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Howbeit in vain do they worshipme,teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
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For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of potsandcups:andmanyothersuch like things ye do.
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And he said unto them,Full well ye reject[d] the commandment of God,that ye may keep your owntradition.
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ForMosessaid, Honourthyfatherandthymother;and, Whoso cursethfatherormother, let him die the death:
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Butyesay, If a man shall say to his fatherormother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift,bywhatsoeverthou mightest be profited byme; he shall be free.
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And ye sufferhim no more to doought for hisfatherorhismother;
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Making the word of God of none effect through yourtradition,which ye have delivered: andmanysuch like things do ye.
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And when he had calledall the people unto him, he said unto them,Hearken unto me every one of you, andunderstand:
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There isnothing from without a man,thatenteringintohimcandefilehim:but the things which come out ofhim,those are they that defile the man.