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Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 "Why
do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not
wash their hands when they eat." 3 He answered them, "And why do you transgress
the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded,
'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father
or mother, let him surely die.' 5 But you say, 'If any one tells his father
or his mother, What you would have gained from me is given to God, he need
not honor his father.' 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made
void the word of God. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
when he said: 8 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart
is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the
precepts of men.'"
10 And he called the people to him and said to them, "Hear and understand: 11 not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" 13 He answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. 14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." 15 But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us." 16 And he said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17 Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and so passes on? 18 But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." |
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Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes,
who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate
with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the
Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition
of the elders; 4 and when they come from the market place, they do not
eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions
which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.)
5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not
live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?"
6 And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as
it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart
is far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the
precepts of men.' 8 You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the
tradition of men."
9 And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition! 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die'; 11 but you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban' (that is, given to God) -- 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do." 14 And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him." 7:16* [No text] 17 And when he had entered the house, and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 And he said to them, "Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, 19 since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.) 20 And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man." |
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