7. And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8. Abandoning the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men.”
9. And he said to them, “You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.
10. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die.’
11. But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or to his mother, “Whatever benefit you would have received from me is corban” (that is, a gift to God),
12. you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13. thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down, and you do many similar things such as this.”
14. And summoning the crowd again, he said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand:
15. There is nothing outside of a person that is able to defile him by going into him. But the things that go out of a person are the things that defile a person.”
17. And when he entered into the house away from the crowd, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18. And he said to them, “So are you also without understanding? Do you not understand that everything that is outside that goes into a person is not able to defile him?