Mark 7:4-13

Godbey(i) 4 And from the forum, unless they may baptize themselves, they do not eat: and many other things which they have received to hold, the baptism of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, Wherefore do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders: but they eat bread with unwashed hands? 6 And responding He said to them, Beautifully did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as has been written, This people honor me with lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For having left the commandment of God, you are holding the tradition of men. 9 And He said to them, Truly, you make void the commandment of God, that you may hold your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and let the one speaking evil of father and mother die the death. 11 But you say, If a man may say to father or mother, Corban, that is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me; 12 and you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother; 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have given: and you do many such similar things.