Traditions and Commandments

(A)Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes (B)who had come from Jerusalem,

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they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were (A)defiled, that is, unwashed.

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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[a] holding to (A)the tradition of (B)the elders,

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:3 Greek unless they wash the hands with a fist, probably indicating a kind of ceremonial washing

and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash.[a] And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as (A)the washing of (B)cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.[b])

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:4 Greek unless they baptize; some manuscripts unless they purify themselves
  2. Mark 7:4 Some manuscripts omit and dining couches

What Defiles a Person

14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, (A)“Hear me, all of you, and understand:

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15 (A)There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:15 Some manuscripts add verse 16: If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear

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