he need not honor his father.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
It is time for Yahweh to act, For they have broken Your law.
My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words.
¶“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of Yahweh is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from ministering as My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I Myself also will forget your children.
But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might benefit from me is given to God,”
You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you:
thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”
Do we then abolish the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
If any believing woman has widows, she must assist them and the church must not be burdened, so that it may assist those who are widows indeed.
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.