6. So they do not need to honor their parents with their gift. You make the word of God useless in order to follow your own teachings.
7. "You pretenders! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you. He said,
8. " 'These people honor me by what they say. But their hearts are far away from me.
9. Their worship doesn't mean anything to me. They teach nothing but human rules.' " (Isaiah 29:13)
10. Jesus called the crowd to him. He said, "Listen and understand.
11. What goes into your mouth does not make you 'unclean.' It's what comes out of your mouth that makes you 'unclean.' "
12. Then the disciples came to him. They asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were angry when they heard this?"
13. Jesus replied, "There are plants that my Father in heaven has not planted. They will be pulled up by the roots.
14. Leave them. The Pharisees are blind guides. If a blind person leads another who is blind, both of them will fall into a pit."
15. Peter said, "Explain this to us."
16. "Don't you understand yet?" Jesus asked them.