Daily Discovery Bible Study

1 Then some Pharisees and religious teachers from Jerusalem came to Jesus and asked him,2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of our forefathers by not washing their hands before they eat a meal?”

3 “Why do you break God's commandment because of your tradition?” Jesus replied.4 “For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Those who curse their father or mother should be put to death.’5 But you say that if someone tells their father or mother, ‘Whatever you might have expected to get from me is now a gift to God,’ then6 they don't have to honor their father. In this way you've annulled God's word for the sake of your tradition.7 You hypocrites! How well Isaiah described you when he prophesied:8 ‘These people say they honor me but in their minds they don't care about me.9 Their worship of me is pointless. What they teach are just man-made requirements.’”

Matthew 15: 1-9