³ And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

³ And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

⁴ Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?

⁵ You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

⁶ And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷ But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.

⁸ For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

¹³ Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

⁸ Take care that no one takes you away by force, through man's wisdom and deceit, going after the beliefs of men and the theories of the world, and not after Christ:

²³ These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.

¹⁴ Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.