Living_Oracles(i)
5 But you affirm, If a man say to father or mother, I devote whatever of mine shall profit you,
6 he shall not afterward honor by his assistance, his father or his mother. Thus, by your tradition, you annul the commandment of God.
7 Hypocrites, well do you suit the character which Isaiah gave of you, saying,
8 "This people honor me with their lips. though their heart is estranged from me.
9 But in vain they worship me, while they teach institutions merely human."
10 Then, having called the multitude, he said to them, Hear, and be instructed.
11 It is not what goes into the mouth pollutes the man; but it is what proceeds out of the mouth, that pollutes the man.
12 On which his disciples accosting him, said, Did you observe how the Pharisees, when they heard that saying were offended?
13 He answered, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be extirpated.
14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.