Matthew 15:3. Why do ye also transgress? The neglect is acknowledged, but the tradition attacked.

For the take of your tradition, i.e., you break God's law, in order that you may keep your (human) tradition. Comp. Mark 7:9. The direct command of God was set aside for tradition by those who claimed to be the strictest observers of the written law of God.

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Old Testament