1. The Pharisees and certain scribes who came from Jerusalem gathered around Him.
2. When they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, ritually unwashed hands, they found fault.
3. For the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands ritually, do not eat, keeping the tradition of the elders.
4. When they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other traditions which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and bronze vessels and dining couches.
5. So the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?”
6. He answered, “Well has Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips,but their hearts are far from Me.
7. In vain do they worship Me,teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’
8. For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”
9. And He said to them, “You full well reject the commandment of God so that you may keep your own tradition.
10. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’