Parallel Bible results for "matthew 15:1-9"

Matthew 15:1-9

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

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

2 "Why is it that your disciples disobey the teaching handed down by our ancestors? They don't wash their hands in the proper way before they eat!"

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

3 Jesus answered, "And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching?

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

4 For God said, "Respect your father and your mother,' and "If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to 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 you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, "This belongs 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 they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

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 You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you!

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

8 "These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

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

9 It is no use for them to worship me, because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!' "

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