Mark 7:1-3

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The Tradition of the Elders

7 Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, ²they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. ³(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they wash their hands,^[a] observing the tradition of the elders;^[b]

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Footnotes

Mark 7:3 One Greek word is of uncertain meaning and is not translated
7.3 Mark, writing for Gentiles, explains these Jewish customs.

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