Matthew 15:1-9

1Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said,

2“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

3He answered them, “And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

5But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

6he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

8‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,

9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”