And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to (A)the tradition of (B)the elders, (C)but eat with (D)defiled hands?” And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you (E)hypocrites, as it is written,

(F)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (G)doctrines the commandments of men.’

You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of (H)rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

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