Lesson: A New Covenant<br>
Reading: Outward and inward<br>
Reference: Matt. 15:1-11, 15-20<br><br>
<br>Matthew15:1 - 11<br><br>
 15:1 &para; Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,<br>
15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.<br>
15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?<br>
15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.<br>
15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;<br>
15:6 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.<br>
15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,<br>
15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.<br>
15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.<br>
15:10 &para; And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:<br>
15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.<br>
<br>Matthew15:15 - 20<br><br>
 15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.<br>
15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?<br>
15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?<br>
15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.<br>
15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:<br>
15:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.<br>