King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 15:3

“But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›”

Verse in context — Matthew 15

Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

But he answered and said unto them, ‹Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?›

‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›

‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.