Mark 7:2-13

LEB(i) 2 And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their* bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands ritually,* thus* holding fast to the traditions of the elders. 4 And when they come* from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions* which they have received and* hold fast to—for example,* the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)* 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their* bread with unclean hands?" 6 So he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written,
'This people honors me with their* lips, but their heart is far, far away from me. 7 And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'* 8 Abandoning the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men." 9 And he said to them, "You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep* your tradition. 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,'* and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die*.'* 11 But you say, 'If a man says to his* father or to his* mother, "Whatever benefit you would have received* from me is corban"* (that is, a gift to God), 12 you no longer permit him to do anything for his* father or his* mother, 13 thus* making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar things such as this."