| Deuteronomy 4:
1 - 2, 6 - 8
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| 1 | "And now, O Israel, give heed to the statutes and the ordinances which I teach you, and do them; that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, gives you. |
| 2 | You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it; that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. |
| 6 | Keep them and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, `Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' |
| 7 | For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? |
| 8 | And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day? |
| Psalms 15:
2 - 5
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| 2 | He who walks blamelessly, and does what is right, and speaks truth from his heart; |
| 3 | who does not slander with his tongue, and does no evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; |
| 4 | in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; |
| 5 | who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. |
| James 1: 17
- 18, 21 - 22, 27
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| 17 | Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. |
| 18 | Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. |
| 21 | Therefore put away all filthiness and rank growth of wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. |
| 22 | But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. |
| 27 | Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. |
| Mark 7: 1 -
8, 14 - 15, 21 - 23
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| 1 | Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, |
| 2 | they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. |
| 3 | (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands, observing the tradition of the elders; |
| 4 | and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.) |
| 5 | And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with hands defiled?" |
| 6 | And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, `This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; |
| 7 | in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' |
| 8 | You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men." |
| 14 | And he called the people to him again, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand: |
| 15 | there is nothing outside a man which by going into him can defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him." |
| 21 | For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, |
| 22 | coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. |
| 23 | All these evil things come from within, and
they defile a man." 2012 - 22nd Sun Ordinary Time |
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