15 Then some people from the Farisaios’ party and some religious teachers from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) arrived and asked Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), 2 “Why do your apprentices break the traditions handed down by our elders? They don’t do the hand-washing ceremony before eating.”

3 “Well why do you break God’s command because of your tradition?” Yeshua responded. 4 “God told us to honour our fathers and mothers,[ref] and also that anyone who speaks evil about their father or mother deserves the death penalty.[ref] 5 But if someone tells their father or mother that whatever help they may have expected from them is now given away as a gift, then you people say 6 that they’re not actually dishonouring their parents. So by saying that, you’re overriding God’s message with your own tradition. 7 You hypocrites! The prophet Yeshayah (Isaiah) was right about you people when he wrote:

8 ‘These people honour me with their lips,

But their hearts are far away from me.

9 Their worship of me is useless,

They teach human ideas as if they’re commands.’ ”[ref]