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New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Matthew 15
³ And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
⁴ For God said, ’HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ’HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.’
⁵ But you say, ’Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,"
⁶ he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
⁷ You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
⁸ ’THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
⁹ ’BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’"
¹⁰ After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand.
¹¹ It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man."
¹² Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?"
¹³ But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.