Matthew 15:1-9

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Traditions and Commandments

1 ¹Then Pharisees and ²scribes came to Jesus ³from Jerusalem and said,

2 ⁴“Why do your disciples break ⁵the tradition of the elders? ⁶For they do not wash their hands when they eat. ”

3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For God commanded, ⁷‘Honor your father and your mother, ’ and, ⁸‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die. ’

5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God, ” ^[a]

6 he need not honor his father. ’So for the sake of your tradition you have ⁹made void the word^[b] of God.

7 ¹⁰You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ¹¹“‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

9 in vain do they worship me, teaching as ¹²doctrines the commandments of men. ’”

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