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.’