Matthew 15:3-9 ▼

3 He answered them, |And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

5 But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, |Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,|

6 he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

7 Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

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

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