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

Matthew 15:1-9

1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

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

2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

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

3 So he answered [and] said to them, "Why do you also break 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 your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

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 say, 'Whoever says to his father or his mother, "Whatever {benefit you would have received} from me [is] a gift [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 need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake 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 Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

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

8 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me,

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

9 and they worship me in vain, teaching [as] doctrines the commandments of men.'"

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