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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>(From:
MATTHEW #24 - 15:1-20)</b></p>
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<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">B. 15:1-20 ESSENTIAL FALSITY OF
THE PHARISEE POSITION</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">1. 15:1-11 TRADITION MAKING
VOID THE WORD OF GOD</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a. 15:1-2 THE PHARISEES
NIT-PICK</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Then
come to :Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and Scribes, saying,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">TOte proSERchon-tai t<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
I</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">SOU aPO
Ie-ro-soLUm</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
Pha-riSAIoi kai gram-maTEIS, LEgon-tes,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>2
</span></font><b>Why do your :disciples transgress the tradition of
the elders?</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">DiA ti hoi ma-th<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TAI
sou pa-raBAInou-sin </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[3845]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n paRAdo-sin
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[3862]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n pres-buTEr</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[4245]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">?</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>for
they wash not the<i>ir</i><span style="font-style:normal"> hands
when they eat bread.</span></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ou gar NIPton-tai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3538]</font>
tas CHEIras HOtan ARton esTHI<u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none">-sin.</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 15:3 JESUS REVERSES THE
SITUATION</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>But he answered <i>and</i> said to them, Why do YOU
also transgress</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho de a-po-kriTHEIS EIpen
auTOIS, DiA ti kai huMEIS pa-raBAIne-te <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3845]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>the commandment of :God because of your :tradition?</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
en-toL</span><u>E</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1785]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
tou TheOU diA t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n
paRAdo-sin </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[3862]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
huM</span><u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N?</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">c. 15:4 GOD'S WORD THROUGH
MOSES</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>For :God said, Honor <i>your</i> :father and :mother:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho gar TheOS EIpen, TIma <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5091]</font>
ton paTEra kai t<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">n m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TEra:</span></font></p>
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<font size="3"><b>and, Who reviles father or mother, let him die.</b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai, Ho ka-ko-loG<u>O</u><span style="text-decoration:none">N
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2551]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
paTEra </span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TEra,
thaNAt</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[2288]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
te-leuTAt</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">[5053]</span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">.</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">d. 15:5 THE HYPOCRISY OF THE
PHARISEES</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>But YOU say, Whoever shall say to <i>his</i> :father
or :mother,</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">huMEIS de LEge-te, Hos an EIp<u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
t</span><u>o</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> paTRI </span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
t</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> m</span><u>e</u><span style="text-decoration:none">TRI,</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">That
with w</span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">hich
you might have profited by me is a gift </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">to
God</span></i><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
</span></span><span style="font-style:normal">shall in no wise honor
his :father.</span></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">D</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">ron
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[1435]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ho eAN ex eMOU </span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-phe-l</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">TH</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">S
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[5623],
</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">ou
m</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
tiM</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">sei
ton paTEra auTOU.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>e.
15:6</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"> And
you made void the law of :God because of your :tradition.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">kai
</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">-kuR</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">sa-te
</span></span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">[208]</span></span></font><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ton NOmon tou TheOU diA t</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">n
paRAdo-sin huM</span></span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">N.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">f. 15:7-8 JESUS NAILS THEIR
HYPOCRISY</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><i><b>You</b></i><span style="font-style:normal"><b>
hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, </b></span></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">hu-po-kriTAI <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5273]</font>,
kaL<u>O</u>S e-proPH<u>E</u>teu-sen peRI huM<u>O</u>N <u>E</u>-SAIas,
LEg<u>o</u>n,</font></p>
<h1 class="western" style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style>8
</span></font><b>This :people honors me with the<i>ir</i> lips; but
their :heart is far from me.</b></font></font></h1>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">Ho laOS HOUtos tois CHEIleSIN
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5491]</font> me tiMA; <font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">h</font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><u>e</u></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">
de karDIa auT</font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><u>O</u></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">N
PORr</font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><u>o</u></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">
aPEchei </font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[568]</font></font><font face="Nimbus Roman No9 L, serif">
ap' eMOU.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>g.
15:9 </span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"> But
in vain they worship me, Teaching </span><i>for</i><span style="font-style:normal">
doctrines precepts of men.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">MAt</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">n
</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[3155]</span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
de SEbonTAI</span></font><span style="font-style:normal"> [4576]</span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
me, diDAskon-tes di-da-skaLIas enTALma-ta </span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[1778]</span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
anTHR</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">p</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>o</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">n.</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
</span></font>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">h. 15:10-11 JESUS EMPHASIZES
THE PROBLEM</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>And he called to <i>him</i> the crowd, <i>and</i>
said to them, Hear, and understand:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">kai pro-ska-leSAme-nos <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4341]</font>
ton OCHlon, EIpen auTOIS, A-KOUe-te, kai suNIe-te <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4920]</font>:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>11</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal">
Not what comes into the mouth defiles the man;</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ou to ei-serCHOme-non eis to
STOma koiNOI <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2840]</font> ton
ANthr<u>o</u>-pon;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>but what goes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">alLA to ek-po-reuOme-non <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1607]</font>
ek tou STOma-tos, TOUto koiNOI ton ANthr<u>o</u>-pon.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2. 15:12-14 COMMAND: LEAVE
BLIND GUIDES ALONE!</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">a. 15:12 THE DISCIPLES' CONCERN</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">Then come the
disciples, </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style:normal"> say to
him,</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">TOte pro-selTHONtes hoi
ma-th<u>e</u>TAI, LEgou-sin auT<u>O</u>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Do you not know that the Pharisees were stumbled,
when they heard the saying?</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">OIdas HOti hoi Pha-riSAIoi
aKOUsan-tes ton LOgon, e-skan-daLISth<u>e</u>-san <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4624]</font>?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">b. 15:13 JESUS' STERN REPLY</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">But he answered </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style:normal">
said, Every planting</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ho de a-po-kriTHEIS EIpen, PAsa
phuTEIa <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5451]</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>which my :heavenly :Father planted not, shall be
rooted up.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">h<u>e</u>n ouk ePHUteu-sen
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5452]</font> ho paT<u>E</u>R mou
ho ouRAni-os, e-kri-z<u>o</u>TH<u>E</u>se-tai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1610]</font>.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>c.
15:14a </span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal">
Leave them, they are blind guides.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">Aphe-te
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[863]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
auTOUS, tuphLOI </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[5185]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
ei-sin ho-d</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">GOI
</span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[3595]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
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</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>d.
15:14b</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"> And
if </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal"> blind lead </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal">
blind, both shall fall into a pit.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">tuphLOS
de tuphLON eAN ho-d</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">G</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">,
amPHOte-roi </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[297]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
eis BOthu-non </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[999]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">
peSOUNtai </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">[4098]</span></font><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">3. 15:15-20 INTERPRETATION OF
WORDS THAT DEFILE</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>a.
15:15</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"> And
:Peter answered </span><i>and</i><span style="font-style:normal">
said to him, Declare to us the parable.</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">A-po-kriTHEIS
de ho PEtros EIpen auT</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>O</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">,
PHRAson </span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[5419]</span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
h</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">MIN
t</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>e</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">n
pa-ra-boL</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">N.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>b.
15:16</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal"> And
he said, Are you also even yet without understanding?</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">ho
de EIpen, AkM</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><u>E</u></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">N
kai huMEIS aSUneTOI </span></font><span style="font-style:normal">[801]</span><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">
es-te?</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">c. 15:17 NEUTRALITY OF WHAT
ENTERS THE MOUTH</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>Do you not perceive, that all that goes into the
mouth</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ou noEIte <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3539]</font>,
HOti pan to ei-spo-reuOme-non <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1531]</font>
eis to STOma</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">passes into the
belly, and is cast out into </span><i>the</i><span style="font-style:normal">
draught?</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">eis t<u>e</u>n koiLIan <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2826]</font>
ch<u>o</u>REI <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5562]</font>, kai
eis a-pheDR<u>O</u>na <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[856]</font>
ekBALle-tai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1544]</font>?</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal">d.
15:18 DEFILEMENT: THROUGH WHAT COMES </span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>OUT</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">
</span><span style="font-style:normal"><u>OF</u></span><span style="font-style:normal">
THE MOUTH</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b><span style="font-style:normal">But the </span><i>things</i><span style="font-style:normal">
which go out of the mouth</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ta de ek-po-reuOme-na ek tou
STOma-tos</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>come forth out of the heart; and those defile the
man.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ek t<u>e</u>s karDIas
eXERche-tai; ka' 'KEIna koiNOI <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2840]</font>
ton ANthr<u>o</u>-pon.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">e. 15:19-20 A LIST OF
DEFILEMENT FROM THE HEART</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts,
murders, </b></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">ek gar t<u>e</u>s karDIas
eXERchon-tai di-a-lo-gisMOI <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[1261]</font>
po-n<u>e</u>ROI, PHOnoi <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5408]</font>,</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings,
blasphemies:</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">moiCHEIai <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[3430]</font>,
porNEIa <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[4202]</font>, kloPAI
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2829]</font>, pseu-do-mar-tuRIai
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5577]</font>, blas-ph<u>e</u>MIai
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[988]</font>:</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:13pt" size="3"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>20</span></span></font><b><span style="font-style:normal">
these are what defile the man;</span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">TAU-TA es-tin ta koiNOUNta
<font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[2840]</font> ton ANthr<u>o</u>-pon;</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font size="3"><b>but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not the man.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">to de a-nipTOIS <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[449]</font>
cherSIN <font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">[5495]</font> phaGEIN ou
koiNOI ton ANthr<u>o</u>-pon.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="CENTER">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><u><b><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal">NOTE</span></font></b></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
</b></span></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>Jesus
is </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>very</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
clear in this passage - both to the Pharisees as well as to His
disciples. Here He is pulling no punches.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>The
Pharisees walked into this appropriate rebuke. It was so clear and
frontal, that it bothered His disciples. But He responded both to
them and to the crowd so plainly - that there could be </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>no</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
misunderstanding.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">The Pharisees deserved this
rebuke. But they were so blind and set in their ways, that they did
not want anyone pointing out their hypocrisy. The “tradition of
men” meant far more to them than the “Word of God.” They
replaced God with man.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>It
is important to see that the Orthodox Jews of today by and large -
still 2000 years later - have the </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>same</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
spirit of the Pharisees of Jesus' day. They follow the “Talmud”
and its human traditions </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>above</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
the Torah, the 5 books of Moses, plus the rest of the OT. They </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>also</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
fail to understand Hebrews 8:6, which puts the NT on the same level
of Torah, as the OT. And they still reject Isaiah 53 as pointing to a
suffering Messiah, because it conflicts with </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>their</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
theology of a </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>reigning</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
Messiah. Jesus indeed will come the second time as a reigning
Messiah; but for the sake of Redemption, it was necessary to come
first and fulfill the types and shadows of Leviticus in the 5
sacrifices outlined at its beginning.</span></span></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none" align="LEFT">
<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>But
in Zechariah we learn that upon Christ's return - when Israel sees
the wounds He received at His first coming in the house of His
friends - they will </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>deeply</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
mourn - and </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style>then</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style>
a remnant nation will be born in a day. J.A.Watt</span></span></span></font></font></p>
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