But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

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But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, (A)“Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— then he need not honor his father [a]or mother.’ Thus you have made the [b]commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. (B)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:6 NU omits or mother
  2. Matthew 15:6 NU word