Mark 7:1-13 ▼

1 And the Pharisees and some of the scribes having come from Jerusalem are gathered together to Him.

2 And they had seen some of His disciples, that with defiled hands—that is, unwashed—they are eating the loaves.

3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash the hands to the fist, holding to the tradition of the elders;

4 and coming from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they immerse; and there are many other things that they received to hold to—immersions of cups and pitchers and bronze vessels and couches.)

5 And the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?”

6 And He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you⁺ hypocrites, as it has been written: ‘This people honors Me with the lips, but their heart is kept far away from Me;

7 and in vain they worship Me, teaching as teachings the precepts of men.’

8 Having left the commandment of God, you⁺ hold to the tradition of men.”

9 And He was saying to them, “Nobly do you⁺ set aside the commandment of God so that you⁺ might keep your⁺ tradition.

10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘The one speaking evil of father or mother, in death let him end.’

11 But you⁺ say that if a man might say to the father or to the mother, ‘Whatever you might be profited from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift),

12 no longer do you⁺ permit him to do anything for the father or for the mother,

13 making void the word of God for your⁺ tradition, which you⁺ delivered. And you⁺ do many things as such.”