Mark 7:7 CPDV

⁵  And so the Pharisees and the scribes questioned him: 'Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but they eat bread with common hands?'

⁶  But in response, he said to them: 'So well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, just as it has been written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷  And in vain do they worship me, teaching the doctrines and precepts of men.'

⁸  For abandoning the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men, to the washing of pitchers and cups. And you do many other things similar to these.'

⁹  And he said to them: 'You effectively nullify the precept of God, so that you may observe your own tradition.