Matthew 15:6-16

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 '¹THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.

9 'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS ²DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.' "

10 After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.

11 "³It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."

12 Then the disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"

13 But He answered and said, "⁴Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

14 "Let them alone; ⁵they are blind guides of the blind. And ⁶if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit."

15 Peter said to Him, "⁷Explain the parable to us."

16 Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also?

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