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But you say that whoever tells father or mother, “Whatever support you might have had from me is given to God”,[a] then that person need not honour the father.[b] So, for the sake of your tradition, you make void the word[c] of God. You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied rightly about you when he said:

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 15:5 Or is an offering
  2. Matthew 15:5 Other ancient authorities add or the mother
  3. Matthew 15:6 Other ancient authorities read law; others, commandment

But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

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