6 He answered them, “Isaiahy prophesiedz correctly about you hypocrites,aa as it is written:ab

This people honorsac me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

7 They worship me in vain,

teachingad as doctrinesae human commands.E,af

8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.”F 9 He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set upG your tradition!