Matthew 15:1-9

LEB(i) 1 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat a meal."* 3 So he answered and* said to them, "Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said, 'Honor your* father and your* mother,'* and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die*.'* 5 But you say, 'Whoever says to his* father or his* mother, "Whatever benefit you would have received* from me is a gift to God," 6 need not honor his father,'* and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying, 8 'This people honors me with their* lips, but their heart is far, far away from me, 9 and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"*