Tua Palavra

|Mateus 15:1| Then Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said,

|Mateus 15:2| 'Why do your disciples break away from the tradition of the elders? They eat without washing their hands.'

|Mateus 15:3| He answered, 'And why do you break away from the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

|Mateus 15:4| For God said, "Honour your father and your mother" and "Anyone who curses his father or mother will be put to death."

|Mateus 15:5| But you say, "If anyone says to his father or mother: Anything I might have used to help you is dedicated to God,

|Mateus 15:6| he is rid of his duty to father or mother." In this way you have made God's word ineffective by means of your tradition.

|Mateus 15:7| Hypocrites! How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you when he said:

|Mateus 15:8| This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.

|Mateus 15:9| Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.'

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|Mateus 15:10| He called the people to him and said, 'Listen, and understand.