Mark 7:5-13

5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why * do Your disciples not walk according to the ¹tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with ²impure hands?"

6 And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: '³THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY * FROM ME.

7 '⁴BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'

8 "Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the ⁵tradition of men."

9 He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your ⁶tradition.

10 "For Moses said, '⁷HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER '; and, '⁸HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH ';

11 but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever * I have that would help you is ⁹Corban (that is to say, given to God),'

12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother;

13 thus invalidating the word of God by your ¹⁰tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that."

Cross References

• 1. Mark 7:3, 8, 9, 13; Galatians 1:14
• 2. Mark 7:2
• 3. Isaiah 29:13
• 4. Isaiah 29:13
• 5. Mark 7:3, 5, 9, 13; Galatians 1:14
• 6. Mark 7:3, 5, 8, 13; Galatians 1:14
• 7. Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
• 8. Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
• 9. Leviticus 1:2; Matthew 27:6
• 10. Mark 7:3, 5, 8, 9; Galatians 1:14

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "die the death"
• [b] Or "a gift," i.e. "an offering"