Matthew 15

3 So he answered and**Here "and" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb said to them, "Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun father and your**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun mother,’*A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16 and ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die*Literally "let him die the death".’*A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:95 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun father or his**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun mother, "Whatever benefit you would have received*Literally "you would have been benefited" from me is a gift to God," 6 need not honor his father,’*Most later manuscripts add "or his mother" and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7 Hypocrites! Isaiah correctly prophesied about you saying,

8 ‘This people honors me with their**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun lips,

but their heart is far, far away from me,

9 and they worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ "*A quotation from Isa 29:13