Haweis(i)
1 THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread?
3 And he answering said to them, And why do you transgress the command of God, by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and, He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.
5 But ye say, If any man declare to his father or mother, This is a [devoted] gift, which else might have been employed by me for thy advantage;
6 then he shall not with it honour his father and mother: so have ye vacated the command of God by your tradition.
7 Ye hypocrites, well hath Isaiah prophesied concerning you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh to me with their mouths, and honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is far distant from me.
9 But in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines the commandments of men.