1. Some Pharisees and teachers of religious law now arrived from Jerusalem to see Jesus. They asked him,
2. “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”
3. Jesus replied, “And why do you, by your traditions, violate the direct commandments of God?
4. For instance, God says, ‘Honor your father and mother,’ and ‘Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.’