1
And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,
2
and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
3
(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;
4
and [when they come] from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)
5
And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?
6
And he said unto them,
Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
7
But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
8
Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.