Mat 15:3-13 | ESV | STEP | He answered them , And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition ?

aCited from Ex. 20:12

bCited from Ex. 21:17

d Gal. 3:17 (Gk.); [Rom. 2:23]

f ch. 23:13

gCited from Isa. 29:13; [Ezek. 33:31]

h Col. 2:22; Titus 1:14

i ch. 13:51

jSee Acts 10:14, 15

k[ch. 13:57; Luke 7:23]

l[Isa. 60:21; 61:3; John 15:1, 2; 1 Cor. 3:9]

m Jude 12

Matthew 15:3-13

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,” ^{▼▼Or is an offering} 6 he need not honor his father.’ So for the sake of your tradition you have ^dmade void the word ^{▼▼Some manuscripts law} of God. 7 ^fYou hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

8 ^g“‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
9 in vain do they worship me,
teaching as ^hdoctrines the commandments of men.’”

What Defiles a Person

10 And he called the people to him and said to them, ⁱ“Hear and understand: 11 ^jit is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” 12 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were ^koffended when they heard this saying?” 13 He answered, ^l“Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted ^mwill be rooted up.