Matthew 15

3 So in answer He said to them: "Why do you even transgress the commandment of God through your tradition? 4 For God commanded saying,*Instead of "commanded saying", perhaps 1.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of inferior quality, have ‘said’ (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ 5 But you say: ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever you might be profited by me is a gift to God"— 6 then he must not honor his father or mother.’*Perhaps 0.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "or mother" (as in NIV, LB, TEV, etc.). NASB informs us that "many" manuscripts omit "or his mother"—by ‘many’ they mean three, against some 1700! That is a dishonest use of language. Thus you have nullified the commandment of God through your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you saying:

8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth

and honor Me with their lips,*Perhaps 2% of the Greek manuscripts omit "draw near to me with their mouth and" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.).

but their heart is far away from Me.

9 But in vain do they worship Me,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ "*See Isaiah 29:13. Are there no such ‘doctrines’ in our churches? The Lord Jesus declares that such worship is in vain—if it does you no good, you are wasting your time (and it may be doing you harm).