4. For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
5. But you say, ‘Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, “What you would have profited from me is a gift to God,”
6. will be free from honoring his father or his mother.’ So you have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7. You hypocrites, Isaiah well prophesied of you, saying:
8. ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips,but their heart is far from Me.
9. In vain they do worship Me,teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’”
10. He called the crowds and said to them, “Hear and understand:
11. That which goes into the mouth does not defile a man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”
12. Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying?”
13. But He answered, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.