Matthew 15:1–9
1Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,↗
2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”↗
3He answered them,“Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?↗
4For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’↗
5But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”↗
6he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.↗
7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,↗
8‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.↗
9And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’”↗
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