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! 10 For Mosesag said: Honor your father and your mother;H,ah and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.I,ai 11 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefitaj you might have received from me is corban’ ” (that is, an offeringak devoted to God), 12 “you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of Godal by your tradition that you have handedam down. And you do many other similar things.”