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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

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

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.

But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

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

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

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.