Matthew 15:1-11 ▼

1 Then there come to Jesus, from Jerusalem, Pharisees and scribes, saying,

2 "Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!"

3 And He, answering, said to them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

4 For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,'

5 But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might be profited by me is an offering,'

6 shall in no wise honor his father; and ye made void the word of God because of your tradition.

7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

8 'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

9 But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

10 And, having called the multitude near, He said to them, "Hear, and understand:

11 Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth—this defiles the man."