Summary: <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Matthew 15:1-9. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-151-9/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-151-9/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="chapter-2"><span class="text Matt-15-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,</span> <span id="en-ESV-23635" class="text Matt-15-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.”</span> <span id="en-ESV-23636" class="text Matt-15-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>He answered them, <span class="woj">“And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23637" class="text Matt-15-4"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23638" class="text Matt-15-5"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, “What you would have gained from me is given to God,”</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23639" class="text Matt-15-6"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>he need not honor his father.’</span> <span class="woj">So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23640" class="text Matt-15-7"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:</span></span></p> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-23641" class="text Matt-15-8"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>“‘This people honors me with their lips,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-15-8"><span class="woj">but their heart is far from me;</span></span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-23642" class="text Matt-15-9"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>in vain do they worship me,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-15-9"><span class="woj">teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”</span></span></span></p> <p><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-151-9/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-151-9/</a>. </strong><br> <strong>Email me with comments, feedback, or prayer requests at <a href="mailto:dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com">dailydevotionalpodcast@gmail.com</a> and you can follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/devotionpodcast">@devotionpodcast</a>. Also, you can like us on Facebook at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook">www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/facebook</a> . </strong><br> Did you know that you can support the Daily Devotional Podcast on Patreon for as little as $1. Become a Patron at <a href="http://www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/support">http://www.dailydevotionalpodcast.com/support</a>. Easy Lemon Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</p> </div>
