1. And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered to him.
2. And they saw that some of his disciples were eating their bread with unclean—that is, unwashed—hands.
3. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, thus holding fast to the traditions of the elders.
4. And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions which they have received and hold fast to—for example, the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze kettles and dining couches.)
5. And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unclean hands?”
6. So he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far, far away from me.
7. And they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8. Abandoning the commandment of God, you hold fast to the tradition of men.”
9. And he said to them, “You splendidly ignore the commandment of God so that you can keep your tradition.