1. Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
2. “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat a meal.”
3. So he answered and said to them, “Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4. For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘The one who speaks evil of father or mother must certainly die.’