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And they do not eat [when they return][a] from the marketplace unless they cleanse[b] [themselves]. And there are many other traditions which they received to hold-on-to— the cleansing of cups and pitchers and copper-pots and couches[c].

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  1. Mark 7:4 [when they return]...cleanse [themselves]. Or, [food]...cleanse [it].
  2. Mark 7:4 This refers to a ritual cleansing, as does the related word in the next verse.
  3. Mark 7:4 That is, the dining couches on which people of that day reclined to eat.

When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])(A)

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  1. Mark 7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches