Matthew 15:2-9
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat.” 3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said,[a] ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say that whoever tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God,’[b] then that person need not honor the father.[c] 6 So, for the sake of your tradition, you make void the word[d] of God. 7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said:
8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching human precepts as doctrines.’”
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Other ancient authorities read commanded, saying
- Matthew 15:5 Or is an offering
- Matthew 15:5 Other ancient authorities add or the mother
- Matthew 15:6 Other ancient authorities read law; others, commandment
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