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Jesus Challenges the Tradition of the Elders(A)

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus.[a] They noticed that some of his disciples were eating[b] with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. (The Pharisees—and indeed all the Jewish people—don’t eat unless they wash their hands properly,[c] following the tradition of their elders.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:1 Lit. him
  2. Mark 7:2 Lit. eating bread
  3. Mark 7:3 Lit. with a fist