And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

επειτα ερωτωσιν αυτον οι Φαρισαιοι και οι γραμματεις· Διατι οι μαθηται σου δεν περιπατουσι κατα την παραδοσιν των πρεσβυτερων, αλλα με χειρας ανιπτους τρωγουσι τον αρτον;

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?