(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, keeping the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace,(A) they do not eat unless they have washed.(B) And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and dining couches.[a](C)) So the Pharisees(D) and the scribes(E) asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live[b] according to the tradition of the elders,(F) instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[c] hands?”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:4 Other mss omit and dining couches
  2. 7:5 Lit walk
  3. 7:5 Other mss read with unwashed

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