1. And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which 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 marketplace, except they wash themselves, they eat not: and many other things there be, 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 honoureth 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.