Matthew 15:5-14

MNT(i) 5 but you say that whoever tells his father or mother, 'Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is dedicated to God,' 6 is in no way bound to honor his father. Thus do you make void the word of God by your tradition! 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying. 8 This is a people that honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me. 9 In vain do they worship me, While they teach doctrines that are the commands of men." 10 Then Jesus called the people to him and said: 11 "Listen, and pay attention. It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him, but what comes out of it, that defiles the man." 12 Then his disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that the Pharisees were scandalized when they heard that saying?" He replied. 13 "Any plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 "Let them alone. They are blind men leading the blind; and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a ditch."