Matthew 15:3-9
English Standard Version
3 He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God commanded, (A)‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, (B)‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ 5 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”[a] 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have (C)made void the word[b] of God. 7 (D)You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:
8 (E)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as (F)doctrines the commandments of men.’”
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:5 Or is an offering
- Matthew 15:6 Some manuscripts law
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