Tradition vs. God's Command

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Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

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And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

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For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

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But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given to God;

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he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

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Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

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This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

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But in vain do they worship me, Teachingas theirdoctrines the precepts of men.