Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said. The delegation of Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem — the religious capital — represents a formal official challenge rather than a local Galilean dispute. The journey from Jerusalem communicates the seriousness with which the religious establishment views the threat that Jesus represents. The question they bring is about ritual handwashing — a tradition of the elders, not a biblical command.

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