1. Then Pharisees and legal experts came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,
2. "Why are your disciples breaking the elders’ rules handed down to us? They don’t ritually purify their hands by washing before they eat."
3. Jesus replied, "Why do you break the command of God by keeping the rules handed down to you?
4. For God said, Honor your father and your mother, and The person who speaks against father or mother will certainly be put to death.
5. But you say, ‘If you tell your father or mother, "Everything I’m expected to contribute to you I’m giving to God as a gift," then you don’t have to honor your father.’
6. So you do away with God’s Law for the sake of the rules that have been handed down to you.