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