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Matthew 15:1-9

1 Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,

2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’

5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God];

5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’

6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

8 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

8 “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

9 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’”

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