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 to them, Why do ye too transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

And he answering said to his father, Lo! for so many years have I served thee, and never transgressed thy command; and yet to me thou never gavest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the manner in which Adam transgressed; who is a type of him who was to come.