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Matthew 15:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Matthew 15:1 ESV

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said

Matthew 15:2 ESV

“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”

Matthew 15:3 ESV

He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

Matthew 15:4 ESV

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’

Matthew 15:5 ESV

But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”

Matthew 15:6 ESV

he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.

Matthew 15:7 ESV

You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said

Matthew 15:8 ESV

“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me

Matthew 15:9 ESV

in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

Matthew 15:10 ESV

And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand

Matthew 15:11 ESV

it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”

Matthew 15:12 ESV

Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

Matthew 15:13 ESV

He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.

Matthew 15:14 ESV

Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 15:16 ESV

And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?

Matthew 15:17 ESV

Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled?

Matthew 15:18 ESV

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

Matthew 15:19 ESV

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 15:20 ESV

These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

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