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.'
5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,'
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