Matthew 15:1-9
Traditions and Commandments
1 a Then Pharisees and b scribes came to Jesus c from Jerusalem and said, 2 d “Why do your disciples break e the tradition of the elders? f For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded g ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and h ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,” ▼
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6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have j made void the word
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of God. 7 l You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: 8 m “‘This people honors me with their lips,but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as n doctrines the commandments of men.’”
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