Mark 7:4-13

Thomson(i) 4 and if they come from the market they do not eat without dipping them. And there are many other usages which they have adopted, such as the dipping of cups, and pots, and brass vessels, and couches. 5 Therefore the Pharisees and the Scribes ask him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the doctrines of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6 In reply to which he said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you, hypocrites; as it is written, "This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines, the commands of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you adhere to the doctrine of men; the dipping of cups, and drinking vessels, and many other things, of the like nature. 9 Indeed said he to them, You fairly annul the commandment of God to make room for this doctrine of yours. 10 For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Let him who curseth father or mother be put to death." 11 But you say, "If a man say to his father, or to his mother, Let that be Corban, [that is to say dedicated,] by which thou mightest be benefitted by me;" 12 do not then permit him any more to do any thing for his father or his mother;" 13 thus annulling the word of God, by this doctrine of yours, which you have handed down. And thus you act in many other instances.