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He answered and 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.
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And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
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"For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do."
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He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'
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But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban"--' (that is, a gift to God),
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then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,
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making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do."
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When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand:
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There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.
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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.
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So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,
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because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?"
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And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.
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For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
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thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
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All these evil things come from within and defile a man."
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From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden.
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For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.
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The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.