Friday, January 22, 2010

New Testament in a Year - January 23

Matthew 15:1 - 15:20- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

January 23
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God's Law and Rules That People Make
(Mk. 7:1-23)

15 1Then some Pharisees* and teachers of the law came to Jesus. They came from
Jerusalem and asked Jesus, 2"Why do your followers not obey the rules given to us
by our great people that lived before us? Your followers don't wash their hands
before they eat!" 3Jesus answered, "And why do you refuse to obey God's command
so that you can follow those rules you have? 4God said, 'You must honor (respect)
your father and mother.'* And God also said, 'Any person that says bad things to
his father or mother must be killed.'* 5But you teach that a person can say to
his father or mother, 'I have something I could use to help you. But I will not
use it to help you. I will give it to God.' 6You teach that person to not honor
his father. So you teach that it is not important to do what God said. You think
that it is more important to follow those rules you have. 7You are hypocrites*
! Isaiah was right when he spoke about you. Isaiah said: 8'These people say they
honor me, but they don't really make me an important part of their lives. 9Their
worship of me is for nothing. The things they teach are only rules that people have
made.'" (Isaiah 29:13)

10Jesus called the people to him. Jesus said, "Listen and understand what I am saying.
11It is not the things a person puts in his mouth that make him wrong.* It is the
things a person says with his mouth that make him wrong." 12Then the followers came
to Jesus and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees* are angry because of what you
said?" 13Jesus answered, "Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself
will be pulled up by the roots. 14Stay away from the Pharisees.* They lead the people,
but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another
blind man, then both men will fall into a hole." 15Peter said, "Explain to us what
you said earlier to the people." 16Jesus said, "You still have trouble understanding?
17Surely you know that all the food that enters a person's mouth goes into the stomach.
Then that food goes out of the body. 18But the bad things a person says with his
mouth come from the way a person thinks. And these are the things that make a person
wrong.* 19All these bad things begin in a person's mind: evil thoughts, murder,
adultery,* sexual sins, stealing, lying, saying bad things against other people.
20These things make a person wrong. But not washing his hands before he eats does
not make a person wrong."

Footnotes: Pharisees The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to
follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. 'You must honor ... mother' Quote
from Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16. 'Any person ... killed' Quote from Ex. 21:17. hypocrites
Bad people that act like they are good. wrong Literally, "unclean" or "not pure."
adultery Breaking a marriage promise by sexual sin.

"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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