(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing,<n id="1" /> holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

<t /><p class="bodytext">They came again to Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> While Jesus<n id="2" /> was walking in the temple courts,<n id="3" /> the chief priests, the experts in the law,<n id="4" /> and the elders came up to him

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law<n id="2" /> came together.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law<n id="1" /> and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.<n id="2" />

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, &#8220;Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat<n id="1" /> with unwashed hands?&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer<n id="3" /> many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law,<n id="4" /> and be killed, and after three days rise again.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Right away, while Jesus<n id="1" /> was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived.<n id="2" /> With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law<n id="3" /> and elders.