Matthew 15:1-9

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

2 "Why * do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they ³do not wash their hands when they eat bread."

3 And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 "For God said, '⁴HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, '⁵HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.'

5 "But you say, 'Whoever * says to his father or mother, "Whatever * I have that would help you has been given to God,"

6 he is not to honor his father or his mother .' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 "You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:

8 '⁶THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

9 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS ⁷DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.' "

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