Mark 7:7-12 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

7. Their worship of me is worthless. The things they teach are only human rules.’ Isaiah 29:13

8. You have stopped following God’s commands, preferring instead the man-made rules you got from others.”

9. Then he said, “You show great skill in avoiding the commands of God so that you can follow your own teachings!

10. Moses said, ‘You must respect your father and mother.’ He also said, ‘Whoever says anything bad to their father or mother must be killed.’

11. But you teach that people can say to their father or mother, ‘I have something I could use to help you, but I will not use it for you. I will give it to God.’

12. You are telling people that they do not have to do anything for their father or mother.

Mark 7