1. Then there came to יהושע scribes and Pharisees from Yerushalayim, saying,
2. “Why do Your taught ones transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
3. But He answering, said to them, “Why do you also transgress the command of Elohim because of your tradition?
4. “For Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
5. “But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me has been dedicated,”
6. is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition.
7. “Hypocrites! Yeshayahu rightly prophesied about you, saying,
8. ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
9. ‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ ”