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6 then he need not honor his father1 or mother.’ Thus you have made the2 commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.  
7 aHypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 
8 ‘Thesea people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me. 
9 And in vain they worship Me,
aTeaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”  
10 aWhen He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand:  
11 aNot what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”  
12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”
13 But He answered and said, a“Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.  
14 Let them alone. aThey are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”  
15 aThen Peter answered and said to Him, “Explain this parable to us.”  
16 So Jesus said, a“Are you also still without understanding?  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Matthew 15:8

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, etc.—By putting the commandments of men on a level with the divine requirements, their whole worship was rendered vain—a principle of deep moment in the service of God. "For," it is added in Mark 7:8, "laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do." The drivelling nature of their multitudinous observances is here pointedly exposed, in contrast with the manly observance of "the commandment of God"; and when our Lord says, "Many other such like things ye do," it is implied that He had but given a specimen of the hideous treatment which the divine law received, and the grasping disposition which, under the mask of piety, was manifested by the ecclesiastics of that day.




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