Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?(Mark 7:5)

He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.(Mark 7:6)

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.(Mark 7:7)

For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.(Mark 7:9)

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:(Mark 7:10)

But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.(Mark 7:11)

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Mark 7:8 - Cross Reference

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? (Isaiah 1:12)

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. (Mark 7:3)