"Whydo Your disciplesbreak the traditionof the elders?For they do not washtheir handswhenthey eatbread."
When the Phariseesawit, he was surprisedthat He had not firstceremonially washedbeforethe meal.
and had seenthat someof His discipleswere eatingtheir breadwith impurehands,that is, unwashed.
Seeto it that noonetakes you captivethroughphilosophyand emptydeception,accordingto the traditionof men,accordingto the elementary principlesof the world,ratherthanaccordingto Christ.
knowingthat you were not redeemedwith perishable thingslike silverorgoldfrom your futileway of lifeinherited from your forefathers,
The Phariseesand the scribesaskedHim, "Whydo Your disciplesnot walkaccordingto the traditionof the elders,but eattheir breadwith impurehands?"
Then Godsaid,"Let there be lightsin the expanseof the heavensto separatethe dayfrom the night,and let them be for signsand for seasonsand for daysand years;
And He answeredand saidto them, "Whydo you yourselvestransgressthe commandmentof Godfor the sakeof your tradition?
and I was advancingin Judaismbeyondmanyof my contemporariesamongmy countrymen,beingmore extremelyzealousfor my ancestraltraditions.
Then the king'sservantswhowere at the king'sgatesaidto Mordecai,"Whyare you transgressingthe king'scommand?"
