Matthew 15:5-14

NSB(i) 5 »You teach that a man should tell his father or mother that what he has that could help them, is given to God. 6 »You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition! 7 »You hypocrites (liars)! Isaiah’s prophecy was right about you. 8 »‘These people honor me with their lips, but their heart (innermost thoughts) is far from me. 9 »‘But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules (commands) of men.’« 10 He got the people together and said to them: »Listen, and let my words be clear to you. 11 »That which comes out of the mouth makes a man unclean, not that which goes into the mouth.« 12 The disciples told him the Pharisees were upset by what he said. 13 In answer he replied: »Every plant my Father in heaven has not planted in the earth will be pulled out by the roots. 14 »Let them be. They are blind guides. If a blind man guides another blind man, they will fall in a hole together.«