Mark 7:3-5
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
3 for the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with a fist[a], holding-on-to the tradition of the elders. 4 And they do not eat [when they return][b] from the marketplace unless they cleanse[c] [themselves]. And there are many other traditions which they received to hold-on-to— the cleansing of cups and pitchers and copper-pots and couches[d]. 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes ask Him, “For what reason are Your disciples not walking according to the tradition of the elders, but are eating their bread with defiled hands?”
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- Mark 7:3 There are different opinions about the exact procedure in view here. In any case it is a ceremonial washing for which the water is seen in Jn 2:6. Some manuscripts have a different word meaning ‘often’ or ‘thoroughly’.
- Mark 7:4 [when they return]...cleanse [themselves]. Or, [food]...cleanse [it].
- Mark 7:4 This refers to a ritual cleansing, as does the related word in the next verse.
- Mark 7:4 That is, the dining couches on which people of that day reclined to eat.
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