1. Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying,
2. “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3. He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4. For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’