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THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS.
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curseth father or mother let him die the death. But ye
say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by
me ; and honour not his father or his mother, he shall
be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God
of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites ! well
did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth
nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their lips ; but their heart is far from me. But in vain
do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the com-
mandments of men. And he called the multitude, and
said unto them, Hear, and understand : not that which
goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that which
cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Then
came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou
that the Pharisees were offended aftert hey heard this
saying ? But he answered and said, Ever)- plant which my
heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind :
and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the
ditch. Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare
unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet
without understanding ? Do not ye yet understand, that
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly,
'and is cast out into the draught ? But those things which
proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart ; ana* ,
they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornicatAons, thefts, false
witness, blasphemies : these are the thing which defile a
man ; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
* And when his disciples were come to the other
* Matthew, chap. xix. 3. , .
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curseth father or mother let him die the death. But ye
say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by
me ; and honour not his father or his mother, he shall
be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God
of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites ! well
did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth
nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with
their lips ; but their heart is far from me. But in vain
do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the com-
mandments of men. And he called the multitude, and
said unto them, Hear, and understand : not that which
goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that which
cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. Then
came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou
that the Pharisees were offended aftert hey heard this
saying ? But he answered and said, Ever)- plant which my
heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind :
and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the
ditch. Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare
unto us this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet
without understanding ? Do not ye yet understand, that
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly,
'and is cast out into the draught ? But those things which
proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart ; ana* ,
they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornicatAons, thefts, false
witness, blasphemies : these are the thing which defile a
man ; but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
* And when his disciples were come to the other
* Matthew, chap. xix. 3. , .