006:054 But no sooner had they gone ashore than the people
immediately recognized Him.
006:055 Then they scoured the whole district, and began to bring Him
the sick on their mats wherever they heard He was.
006:056 And enter wherever He might—village or town or hamlet— they laid their sick in the open places, and entreated Him to let them touch were it but the tassel of His robe; and all, whoever touched Him, were restored to health.
007:001 Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
came to Him in a body.
007:002 They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their
food with 'unclean' (that is to say, unwashed) hands.
007:003 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews—being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders—never eat without first carefully washing their hands,
007:004 and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)
007:005 So the Pharisees and Scribes put the question to Him: "Why do
your disciples transgress the traditions of the Elders,
and eat their food with unclean hands?"
007:006 "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites," He replied;
"as it is written, "'This People honour Me with their lips,
while their hearts are far away from Me:
007:007 But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'