4 For example, God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother must be put to death.’
5 But you say that whoever tells his father or mother, ‘I have given to God whatever support you might have received from me,’
6 does not have to honor his father. Because of your traditions you have destroyed the authority of God’s word.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 ‘These people honor me with their lips,but their hearts are far from me.
9 Their worship of me is pointless,because their teachings are rules made by humans.’ ”
10 Then he called the crowd and said to them, “Listen and try to understand!