² “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”^(A)

⁷ You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

That Which Defiles^(A)

7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus ² and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled,^(B) that is, unwashed. ³ (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.^(C)