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1Then Pharisees and 2scribes came to Jesus 3from Jerusalem and said,
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4"Why do your disciples break 5the tradition of the elders? 6For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
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He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
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For God commanded, 7'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 8'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
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But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or his mother, "What you would have gained from me is given to God,"
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he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have 9made void the word of God.
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10You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
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11"'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
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in vain do they worship me, teaching as 12doctrines the commandments of men.'"