³ And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

³ And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

⁴ Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

⁵ Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

⁶ And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

⁷ But in vain do they worship me, Teaching `as their' doctrines the precepts of men.

⁸ Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

¹³ making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

⁸ Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

²³ Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will-worship, and humility, and severity to the body; `but are' not of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.

¹⁴ not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men who turn away from the truth.