11 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit* 7:11 Mk 5:26you might have received from me is corban’ " (that is, an offering  * 7:11 Heb 5:1; 9:9; 11:4 devoted to God), 12 "you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.13 You nullify the word of God* 7:13 Mk 4:14; Lk 8:21; Jn 18:32by your tradition that you have handed* 7:13 Jd 3down. And you do many other similar things."

14 Summoning  * 7:14 Lk 18:16 the crowd again, he told them, "Listen to me, all of you, and understand:* 7:14 Mt 13:1315 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him but the things that come out of a person are what defile him."* 7:15 Some mss include v. 16: "If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen."