Mark 7:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² they 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] 4} and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they purify^[c] themselves; and there are many other traditions which they observe, the washing of cups and pots and vessels of bronze.^[d])