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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they [a]carefully wash their hands, thus observing the (A)tradition of the elders; and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they [b]wash themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of (B)cups and pitchers and copper pots.) And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the (C)tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with (D)defiled hands?”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:3 Lit with the fist
  2. Mark 7:4 Ceremonial cleansing; lit baptizing